Fifteenth in the Daughters of England historical fiction series in the gothic romance vein. The focus in this one is on a Victorian-era daughter, Rebecca Mandeville and her family.My TakeA typical gothic romance with cozy overtones that thwart Carr's attempts to create tension and drama. I'm not ...
Two twin sisters are inseparable, but then one of them gets married and moves to a mansion in the depths of the country. The setting is just before the second world war. The married twin disappears and her sister decides to investigate what happened.Halfway through the book, even before she disap...
Good story, but it didn’t excite me. I needed something more special or different about the characters.Lucie was bland, passive, trusting, naive. Her friend said Lucie had a mind like a lawyer. But lawyers are smarter about analyzing things and people, not trusting as easily as Lucie did. Her...
This historical fiction set in England during the French Revolution was not what I expected at all. I wanted a ghost story but instead I received an almost trashy sort of forbidden love triangle. The protagonist whined and ranted about her sin with the forbidden brother every time they met and ...
1985 BCE hardcover with dust jacket as shown. Tight spine, clear crisp pages, no interior writing, smokefree. Jacket has light edgewear.
Picked up this book randomly during an ebook sale since it was a historical fiction set in one of my favorite time periods (Tudor/Henry 8th British Era) and it was an enjoyable, although not amazing, read.The story takes place during Henry VIII's reign (The book spans from when Henry is still mar...
Philippa Carr was a favorite author of mine when I was young, and now I am rereading them in order. I didn't realize the first time that I read them that if you start with The Miracle at St. Bruno's and read them in order, the story continues on and on. It's fun to read them that way. They start...
A fabulous book about the lovely Priscilla Eversleigh. Daughter of Arabella and Carlton Eversleigh. Her father wanted a son and paid little attention to her. She sought men out early in life and when a young man comes along that is wanted by the government she and her brother hide him so they can...
With the defeat of the Spanish Armada, gentle Linnet Pennlyon imagines her life will be both secure and peaceful. But her quiet beauty attracts the roving eye of Colum Casvellyn, the powerful lord of Castle Paling. When he seduces her, marriage is inevitable. And gradually Linnet accepts her life...
I reached the middle of this novel, but I declare myself unable to finish it.One of the problems I've found with it is the little sympathy I feel for the characters. I can't stand them. All seem to be kids, inmature and not enough developed. The fact that two grown-up men can gamble their future ...
Bueno otra historia que no deja indiferente, me recuerda un poco a La Hija del Diablo, la chica renuente, el marinero arrogante y mujeriego que la acosa. Hace muchisimo que un libro no me atrapaba como este y eso que es parecidisimo a La Hija del Diablo, que no me encanto, es obvio que Jean Plaid...
Arabella TolsworthyAgainst the background of an England torn by civil war, religious persecution, and political treachery in the turbulent era of Cromwell and the Stuart Restoration, Philippa Carr has set the passionate story of Arabella Tolworthy, whose loves and destiny are inextricably linked ...
Clarissa FieldBeautiful, spirited love child of a nobleman's dalliance with a tempestuous lady, Clarissa is only twelve when she first encounters the dashing officer, Lance Clavering. But she is not too young to fall in love, nor to become the pawn in a deadly game of power and passion which are...
Carlotta Main & Damaris Main As England erupts in violent Jacobite upheaval, two half-sisters -- one of surpassing beauty and untamed spirit; the other plain, shy and dutiful -- vie for the love of a man and the life of a child. When the lovely and willful Carlotta, on her way to the home of her ...
I was completely shattered by his death; so was Sabrina. I saw the old fear in her eyes which I had detected all those years ago when Damans had died. ‘What is it about me?’ she cried to me. ‘Why is it that I am fated to bring disaster? There was my mother. I was indirectl...
The children loved it. I had been rather ashamed at the blithe manner in which Charlot and Claudine said goodbye to their Tourville grandparents, who had always been so kind to them. But the prospect of adventure and new places was irresistible to them and they were guileless enough not to hide t...
Jacques in England! And at such a time! Here was the past, which I had hoped was buried forever, come back to confront me. It seems that everything we do remains forever; there is no escaping from it. I can remember Violetta quoting something like this once: The moving fin...
I should be coming to see him and setting out before the end of the week. Jean-Louis wanted to come with me but that would not be easy. Tim Parker was understandably not yet so conversant with the management of the estate that he could be left alone; also we both knew that...
I was completely shattered by his death; so was Sabrina. I saw the old fear in her eyes which I had detected all those years ago when Damans had died. ‘What is it about me?’ she cried to me. ‘Why is it that I am fated to bring disaster? There was my mother. I was indirectly responsible for her de...
There were warm days on deck when we sat and dreamily talked. We could not help comparing this with the last voyage and memories of Gervaise were ever present. He had been full of optimism, so certain was he that he would come home a rich man. It had never occurred to him that he might not come h...
Andrée, with Edward, was to come the following day. When I arrived at the house that I had known all my life, it seemed to have a somewhat sinister aspect. It harbored a spy! My mother had been right about my coming to London. I was stimulated. I had not thought about Robe...
We stayed a few nights in the house in Albemarle Street before going on to Tilbury to join the cargo ship in which we would be sailing. I was sure the excitement of the coming journey was good for Helena. She was still very sad and at times lapsed into deep melancholy, but I did feel that she had...