Forever Amber de Kathleen Winsor

Forever Amber

Kathleen Winsor

Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England -- that of favourite mistress of the Merry Monarch, Charles II. From whores and highwaymen to courtiers and noblemen, from events such as the Great Plague and the Fire of London to the intimate passions of ordinary -- and extraordinary -- men and women, Amber experiences it all. But throughout her trials and escapades, she remains, in her heart, true to the one man she really loves, the one man she can never have. 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. A book to read and reread, this edition brings back to print an unforgettable romance and a timeless masterpiece.

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Recenzii

"Miss Winsor could justifiably claim to be the woman who invented the modern best seller." -- New York Times, May 28, 2003. "A prototype for the modern blockbuster." -- Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2003. "(Winsor is) America's most notorious novel." -- Washington Post, May 29, 2003. "One of the first of the modern bodice-ripping romance novels." -- Daily Review, May 29, 2003. "A lusty historical novel." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "As a feat of storytelling, 'Forever Amber' is irresistible." -- Salon.

Notă biografică

Kathleen Winsor was born in 1919. She became fascinated with Charles II and his immoral court after reading her first husband's thesis on the subject. Five years and much research later, she wrote FOREVER AMBER. It was a sensation, selling over 2 million copies in hardback, and was banned in Boston. It outsold almost every other book of the decade and became a bestseller in 16 countries. Kathleen Winsor lives in New York.