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misfitandmom
misfitandmom rated it 13 years ago
Edward Eden is the eldest son but unable to inherit the title since he's illegitimate, but instead his father Thomas left him everything else - the lands, the castle and all that money. Edward lives what appears to be a dissipated life in London, but to the poorer residents of London he's known as T...
Telynor's Library, and then some
Telynor's Library, and then some rated it 13 years ago
One of the more brutal and emotionally wearing of the series. No one in this is safe from John Murrey Eden's machinations and plots. Not at all for the sensitive or timid. However there are some great descriptive passages and one that is especially tender, and proving that you don't need marathon, g...
Telynor's Library, and then some
Telynor's Library, and then some rated it 13 years ago
Dark disturbing tale set in the mid-1850's in England, Russia and India. Lots of dark doings such as war, forbidden love, historical events and characters, all centered around John Murrey Eden, and the women and people that he encounters. Be warned that the content in this one is not at all suitable...
misfitandmom
misfitandmom rated it 13 years ago
4.5 starsOh, how to begin describing what this book is about? Set mainly on the north Devon coast during the 1790s, the main focus of the story is Lord Thomas Eden, the Fifth Earl and Thirteenth Baron of Eden Point and Marianne Locke, fisherman's daughter. Marianne manages to catch Lord Thomas on a ...
Telynor's Library, and then some
Telynor's Library, and then some rated it 13 years ago
A dark, deliciously Gothicky historical novel here, full of memorable characters and sinister secrets. Lots of family drama and quite a few surprises kept me on my toes, and wanting more when the book ended. One big surprise was the reintroduction of Jane Locke into the series, and finding her very ...
Telynor's Library, and then some
Telynor's Library, and then some rated it 13 years ago
This is one of those dark, not quite a bodice ripper, historicals that I read long ago as a teen. Actually, it's not awful, and pretty good, covering the Eden family as the head of the family, Lord Eden, makes a terrible choice that will haunt his family for generations. Perhaps not politically corr...
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