Countess, sequel to Duchess, is a historical romance novel by Josephine Edgar published in 1978 by Macdonald & J. The novel won the 1979's Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Plot
Viola Corbett lives in Vienna with her husband, Count Eugene Erhmann, their children, Therese and Lorenz, and her illegitimate son James-Carlo, until the outbreak of the First World War disrupts their lives. The story explores themes of greed, lust, hate, and romance.