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The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (edition 2010)

by Lauren Willig

Series: Pink Carnation (1)

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Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:Everything is coming up carnations in this national bestselling series

Realizing romantic heroes are a thing of the past, graduate student Eloise Kelly is determined to focus on her work. Her first stop: England, to finish her dissertation on the English spies of the Napoleonic Wars, like the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian.

But her greatest conquest is to reveal the most elusive spy of them all, the dashing Pink Carnation. As she does, she discovers something for the history books-a living, breathing hero all her very own...
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Title:The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
Authors:Lauren Willig
Info:Signet Select (2010), Edition: Reissue, Paperback, 400 pages
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The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig

  1. 30
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  2. 10
    Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer (LucyClements)
    LucyClements: All of Georgette Heyer's novels are fantastic and like The Pink Carnation have a great humor and period feel.
  3. 10
    The Luxe by Anna Godbersen (fyrefly98)
    fyrefly98: Both are totally fluffy, guilty-pleasure historical romances, although The Luxe is aimed at a slightly younger audience than Pink Carnation (teens vs. adults).
  4. 10
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    Ransom My Heart by Meg Cabot (kathleen.morrow)
    kathleen.morrow: Similar humor, strong characterization, excellent writing.
  6. 11
    The Rossetti Letter by Christi Phillips (carlyrose)
    carlyrose: Dual narratives with a female academic researching her dissertation.
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This novel is light and entertaining. It has a dual timeline, but I liked both of the stories equally - the one set in 1803, when young Amy wishes to be a spy to avenge her father who was killed by the French, and the one set in modern London, where Eloise writes her dissertation about spies in Napoleonic France and tries to find out who the famous Pink Carnation was. Both stories are interesting and fast-paced, but also a bit foreseeable. Unfortunately, Amy got on my nerves after some time because of her thoughtlessness and naivety, and the twist and turns concerning her love interest were frustrating. The behavior and language felt altogether too modern. Because of that it is not really my cup of tea, but it is a fun novel and I do not regret reading it. ( )
  MissBrangwen | Feb 4, 2024 |
lots of fun, make room for this one on the guilty pleasure shelf. ( )
  jskeltz | Nov 23, 2023 |
3.5* for this audiobook edition.

I found during this reread via audiobook that I didn't like it as much as I had the first time around. The contemporary sections were fine but Aimee struck me as silly and I was more aware of the aspects that I feel were anachronistic. Oh well... it was still mostly fun. ( )
  leslie.98 | Jun 27, 2023 |
A fun combination of current day and historical fiction, with romance in both plots! The Pink Carnation is modelled after the Scarlet Pimpernel, and American grad student Eloise is spending her year abroad in London trying to find the Carnation's true identity. ( )
  leslie.98 | Jun 27, 2023 |
Not as good as the second or third in the series- probably because the heroine is annoyingly obtuse, but it was intriguing enough to send me on to the rest. ( )
  PattyLee | Dec 14, 2021 |
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Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:Everything is coming up carnations in this national bestselling series

Realizing romantic heroes are a thing of the past, graduate student Eloise Kelly is determined to focus on her work. Her first stop: England, to finish her dissertation on the English spies of the Napoleonic Wars, like the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian.

But her greatest conquest is to reveal the most elusive spy of them all, the dashing Pink Carnation. As she does, she discovers something for the history books-a living, breathing hero all her very own...

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French ravage Europe
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