First published in 1991 by Headline in London and St Martins in New York, A Woman Scorned attracted the following notices:
* This lively account of life among the Anglo-Irish aristocracy combines absorbing historical background, a pleasing romance, and colorful characters -- Publishers Weekly
* Macdonald presents another leisurely period novel of romantic and domestic dilemmas -- but here, in a Victorian Irish setting, there's a strong lacing of fallout from a violent political crime backgrounding the lives of a clutch of bright young people ... Thoroughly enjoyable people and chat -- for those fond of slow-paced tales in a low key. -- Kirkus
* A historical romance which catches the flavour of turbulent times -- Oxford Mail
And -- of Macdonald himself:
*He is every bit as bad as Dickens �" Martin Seymour-Smith
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