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The Greek Maiden and the English Lord new article content ... This historical novel, written by Patty Apostolides, takes place during the 1830s. Sixteen year old Lily finds out from her gypsy grandmother that she is not a gypsy and that she was captured by the gypsies during the Greek War of Independence Greek War of Independenceand that her real parents are an Englishman and a Greek heiress. Lily's search for her true parents leads her to EnglandEngland, where she meets her cousins and finds out her father is away to the Indies. She is sent to boarding school in YorkYork, England to learn to become a lady and await his return. There, she falls in love with Edward, the heir of an English Lord, but he is engaged to another. Months later, the news that her father has died at sea leaves her penniless and Lily must work to pay her tuition at the boarding school. She overcomes the obstacles thrown her way and love wins the day, with a surprise twist in the end bringing happiness to all.