"Taking Liberties" - замечательный искрящийся исторический роман от автора "A Catch of Consequence". Две женщины, обе ищущие пропавших людей, встречаются в хаосе военного города Плимут. Британия находится в состоянии войны с французами и восставшими колониями Америки. Но там, где французы, захваченные британским флотом, являются признанными военнопленными, американцы являются невоюющими гражданами своей эпохи.
Диана Стакпул, молодая аристократка, недавно избавленная от жестокого брака смертью своего мужа, ищет заключенного сына колониального друга, а Мейкпис Берк, самодостаточная женщина, ищет свою дочь и компаньонов, спасенных с разбитого корабля, но каким-то образом потерянных при прибытии в Британию.
Путешествие обеих женщин через пристани и тюрьмы, правительственные офисы и бордели, дворцы и укрытия контрабандистов не только позволяет им найти пропавших людей, но и создать невероятную дружбу и найти замечательных возлюбленных. Поиск свободы для других приводит их к великолепной свободе для себя.
This brilliant historical novel, by the acclaimed Diana Norman of A Catch Of Consequence, introduces two women who, drawn by apparently missing relatives, eventually forge an unlikely bond and fall in love during turbulent times when Britain's struggle with its rebellious colonies is augmented by fighting against France.
Set during the American Revolution and conflicts with the French, we meet Diana Stacpoole, an unhappily married young aristocratic lady who is desperately seeking the whereabouts of her father's imprisoned ward, Makepeace Saunders Burke, as well as the four daughters of foreign diplomat Countess Aveline de la Grange. In parallel, main character Charity MacVeagh, a charismatic "self-made" woman, racehorse trainer and former oceanside whore, seeks out her missing children and settled Aunt Harriet. The women's pursuit confronts each one's social and familial ambitions, while their relationships with each other develop stunning encounters and unexpected revelations along their desperate and harrowing trip.
Taking liberties, they unexpectedly find unexpected lovers, greater civic freedom within the chaos, and moments that redeem their own burdensome pasts. With an appealing combination of romance, wit, and action, Taking Liberties continues the special contribution Diana Norman has made to historical fiction.
Электронная Книга «Taking Liberties» написана автором Diana Norman в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9780007405329
Описание книги от Diana Norman
A remarkable, sparkling historical novel by the author of A Catch of Consequence.Two women, both searching for apparently missing people, meet in the chaos of wartime Plymouth. Britain is at war with the French and the rebellious American colonies. But where the French captured by the British navy are recognized prisoners of war, the Americans are the non-combatants of their era.Diana Stacpoole a young aristocrat recently saved by the death of her husband from a brutal marriage, is searching for the imprisoned son of a colonial friend: Makepeace Burke, a self-made woman, is looking for her daughter and companions, rescued from their destroyed ship but somehow lost on arrival in Britain.The journey of discovery both women make through docks and prisons, government offices and brothels, palatial houses and smugglers hideaways, not only allows them to find the missing persons but also to forge an unlikely friendship and to find remarkable lovers. Finding liberty for others leads them to splendid liberty for themselves.
