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Lord bruce carlton a freespirited royalist, thirteen years older than amber, who spent his. Kathleen winsor october 16, 1919 may 26, 2003 was an american author. Forever amber 1944 is a historical romance novel by kathleen winsor set in 17thcentury. Forever amber tells the story of orphaned amber st.
To give authentic flavor to her fiction, winsor said, she read 356 books about restoration england, including the reign of charles ii, the plague. Forever amber rediscovered classics by kathleen winsor, barbara taylor bradford. She became fascinated with charles ii and his immoral court after reading her first husbands thesis on the subject. The bedhopping novel that shocked america the late kathleen winsor s 1944 bodiceripper forever amber, banned in boston and denounced by hollywood, is still audacious because it. Frequently compared to gone with the wind, forever amber is the other great historical romance, outselling every other american novel of the 1940s despite being banned in boston for its sheer sexiness. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.
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