"Penelope Brandling: A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century" by Vernon Lee Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of the British writer Violet Paget. She is remembered today primarily for her supernatural fiction and her work on aesthetics. This book, instead, takes readers on a romantic adventure. When a young woman and her husband take a trip to the Welsh coast, they find themselves caught up in the in thrills and dangers that come along with being in the company of robbers and killers.