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tvordljI have fallen behind on my book list....
25. The Meaning of Night - Michael Cox
This is a book about obsession and revenge. Revenge causes a Countess to hide her baby, her hated husband's heir away from him, in the arms of her old friend. That child, Edward, discovers who he really is when he's an adult but can't prove it. It turns out his hated school rival is the Count's protege and potential heir and Edward vows to find proof and get one over on his rival for once and for all. The book starts with a murder, a practice murder because Edward is planning to murder his rival. The rest of the book goes back into their history and we find out the road Edward travelled to get to that point. There is, of course, a woman involved, a woman that Edward has fallen in love with but who also has an agenda.
26. The Glass of Time - Michael Cox
This is a sort of sequel to the previous book only, mistakenly, i read this one before the other. It didn't really matter a whole lot as it turns out. Each could stand on it's own. This book is about a orphaned woman, Esperanza, who is sent to be a lady's maid to a Baroness who has been living as a widow since the love of her life was murdered before they were married. She knows she's there to complete a plan put forth to her by her guardian but she doesn't know what it is. Little by little she finds out the history of her parents that interweaves with her insinuating herself into the life and affections of the Baroness in order to right a past wrong. She doesn't realize that will affect her future as well. Both of the books were pretty good. They take place in Victorian England about 20-something years apart. They are by no means love stories so might appeal to men as well as women.
27. The Last Great Dance on Earth - Sandra Gulland (third book in the Josephine B. Trilogy) This is Josephine's final chapter, taking place when she's now married to Napoleon and he is the Emperor. She suffers his mistresses, she suffers bad health, she worries for her children and battles her in-laws. Because she's too old to give Napoleon an heir, she is cast aside, which breaks her heart and possibly his. He does seem to continue to love her but must have a son, which he does get, but we all know the end result. The book ends before Trafalgar, with her death.
Am not reading Wolf Hall which is about Thomas Cromwell's life in the Tudor courts.
ETA... that should read "Am now reading" doh
25. The Meaning of Night - Michael Cox
This is a book about obsession and revenge. Revenge causes a Countess to hide her baby, her hated husband's heir away from him, in the arms of her old friend. That child, Edward, discovers who he really is when he's an adult but can't prove it. It turns out his hated school rival is the Count's protege and potential heir and Edward vows to find proof and get one over on his rival for once and for all. The book starts with a murder, a practice murder because Edward is planning to murder his rival. The rest of the book goes back into their history and we find out the road Edward travelled to get to that point. There is, of course, a woman involved, a woman that Edward has fallen in love with but who also has an agenda.
26. The Glass of Time - Michael Cox
This is a sort of sequel to the previous book only, mistakenly, i read this one before the other. It didn't really matter a whole lot as it turns out. Each could stand on it's own. This book is about a orphaned woman, Esperanza, who is sent to be a lady's maid to a Baroness who has been living as a widow since the love of her life was murdered before they were married. She knows she's there to complete a plan put forth to her by her guardian but she doesn't know what it is. Little by little she finds out the history of her parents that interweaves with her insinuating herself into the life and affections of the Baroness in order to right a past wrong. She doesn't realize that will affect her future as well. Both of the books were pretty good. They take place in Victorian England about 20-something years apart. They are by no means love stories so might appeal to men as well as women.
27. The Last Great Dance on Earth - Sandra Gulland (third book in the Josephine B. Trilogy) This is Josephine's final chapter, taking place when she's now married to Napoleon and he is the Emperor. She suffers his mistresses, she suffers bad health, she worries for her children and battles her in-laws. Because she's too old to give Napoleon an heir, she is cast aside, which breaks her heart and possibly his. He does seem to continue to love her but must have a son, which he does get, but we all know the end result. The book ends before Trafalgar, with her death.
Am not reading Wolf Hall which is about Thomas Cromwell's life in the Tudor courts.
ETA... that should read "Am now reading" doh
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