On a Quest to Understand the History of Historical Romance
A country maid sleeps her way to duchess status, but never manages to attain a happy ever after with her favorite lover. Book details Title: Forever Amber Author: Kathleen Winsor Original publication …
Kathleen Winsor’s Forever Amber: a sexually liberated heroine Read More
As I noted in my last post on Forever Amber, it was brought out with much fanfare by Macmillan, who also published Gone With the Wind and were entirely transparent …
Forever Scarlett: Similarities between Gone With the Wind and Forever Amber Read More
Friends, readers, literateurs, I’m behind on my intended reading schedule. I finished Rebecca in April and here we are six weeks later and I’ve only managed 30% of Forever Amber. My …
Forever Amber reading update Read More
Dukes in the Desert! Let’s take a look at The Sheik, E.M. Hull’s scandalous tale of exotic passion and Stockholm syndrome. Book details: Title: The Sheik Author: E.M. Hull Original …
EM Hull’s The Sheik Read More
Please note, dear reader, that these rules of marriage are provided in diverting conversation four days after their marriage. So, after she’s stuck with him. Some do indeed seem reasonable, …
Mr B’s Rules of Marriage, as summarized by Pamela Read More
Book details Title: “Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded” Author: Samuel Richardson Original publication date: 1740 Setting time & place: Early 18th century England, country estates in Bedfordshire & Lincolnshire He …
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded – A Review Read More