Constance Heaven (1911–1995)
Author of Lord of Ravensley
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
Constance Fecher Heaven wrote as Constance Fecher, Constance Heaven and also under the pseudonym Christina Merlin.
Series
Works by Constance Heaven
La donna che non doveva amare 3 copies
Het verre geluk 2 copies
Brannen på slottet 1 copy
Night of the Wolf 1 copy
L'ora della verità 1 copy
L'estate del desiderio 1 copy
La ciudadela de las piedras 1 copy
La ragazza venuta dal mare 1 copy
℗L'℗estate del desiderio 1 copy
Amarti è una follia 1 copy
Spanischer Frühling 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Fecher Heaven, Constance
- Other names
- Fecher, Constance (birth name)
Heaven, Constance (married name)
Merlin, Christina (pseudonym) - Birthdate
- 1911-08-06
- Date of death
- 1995
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- novelist
- Organizations
- Romantic Novelists' Association
- Short biography
- Constance Fecher was born on 6 August 1911 in Enfield, Middlesex, London, England, UK. She was educated at the Convent of Woodford Green, Essex since 1921 to 1928, when she joined to study at King's College London, where she obtained a Honours degree in English in 1931. In 1931, she also graduated at London College of Music.
In 5 November 1939, she married William Heaven, who died in 1958. She was actress since 1939 to 1966.
Published since 1963, she started writing historical novels with young protagonists under her maiden name Constance Fecher. Since 1972, she signed her novels more romantic, under her married name, Constance Heaven. She also used de pseudonym of Christina Merlin.
In 1973, her novel "The House of Kuragin" was the Winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year Award, and years later she was elected the eleventh Chairman (1981-1983) of the Romantic Novelists' Association. Connie passed away in in 1995, and continued writing until her death. - Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Enfield, Middlesex, London, England, UK
- Disambiguation notice
- Constance Fecher Heaven wrote as Constance Fecher, Constance Heaven and also under the pseudonym Christina Merlin.
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Reviews
Better than I expected, considering my brother bought this as a Christmas gift for me from the local thrift store, since we have a long-running inside joke about romance novels. Still, this had some nice plot twists, well-developed characters, and rotating POVs. I was actually rather impressed.
L'ho letto parecchi anni fa, ma ricordo di averlo apprezzato parecchio, nonostante il genere. Mi era piaciuto soprattutto il fatto che la love story fosse collocata all'interno di uno scenario avventuroso e inusuale: non avevo mai letto nulla ambientato nel periodo napoleonico, all'epoca, quindi ero affascinata soprattutto da questo, credo :) forse, se lo rileggessi oggi, ne avrei un'opinione diversa... :)
Marietta travels from Frnace to meet her grandfather, chief in a Highland clan. She becomes involved in tension and learns some secrets, before discovering who she can trust. Believable, if slightly predictable thriller, with some quite suspenseful parts. Good plot.
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Statistics
- Works
- 53
- Members
- 452
- Popularity
- #54,271
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 8
- ISBNs
- 145
- Languages
- 7