Beyond the Sunrise
by Mary Balogh
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"I will love you all my life and even beyond that." Even at fifteen, Jeanne, the privileged daughter of a royalist Emigre, knew what she liked: Englishman Robert Blake, bastard son of a marquess. Yet his questionable birth rendered him forbidden. Forced to part, they were still young enough to believe in tomorrow. But as time passed, that brief ephemeral flirtation at Haddington Hall faded into memory. Eleven years later in Portugal, during the Peninsular Wars, they meet again, both of them show more spies, and destined to be working on opposing sides. He is now a captain with the British army. She is the widowed Marquesa das Minas-sometimes going by the name Joana da Fonte. However for only one of them does the flicker of recognition still burn. Amid the fury of war and in the shadow of secrets, passion flares once again. But for Joana and Robert, each entrusted to a dangerous mission that demands deception, falling in love could be the most dangerous risk of all. show lessTags
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Not as polished as Balogh's more recent work, but I appreciate the immersion in Spain during the Napoleonic wars -- it's a place and time I am unfamiliar with, and I think she did it justice. Fascinating.
This was a very intense read. I really enjoyed it. As a former exchange student to Portugal and a long time amateur historian of the Napoleanic Wars I am hardwired to like a story that takes place in Portugal during the Peninsular War.
One of Balogh's best.
One of Balogh's best.
You can tell this is one of Mary's early novels. Not to my taste and no where near the quality she has produced since.
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Mary Balogh was born in Swansea, Wales on March 24, 1944. She received a B.A. with honors from the University of Wales in 1965. From 1967 to 1988, she taught high school English in Saskatchewan, Canada, becoming principal of the school in 1982. Her first novel, A Masked Deception, was published in 1985 and she won the Romantic Times Award for best show more new Regency writer. Since then, she has written more than 60 novels and has received a lifetime achievement award for her work in the genre of historical romance. Her works include The Wood Nymph, Christmas Promise, The Plumed Bonnet, Famous Heroine, A Matter of Class, No Man's Mistress, More than a Mistress, One Night for Love, and Only a Kiss. Her title's Someone to Hold and Someone to Care made The New York Times Bestseller List. (Bowker Author Biography) Mary Balogh grew up in Wales. She later came to Canada to teach & there she began a second career as an author. (Publisher Provided) show less
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Beyond the Sunrise
- Original publication date
- 1992-11-03
- People/Characters
- Jeanne Morisette; Robert Blake; Joana de Fonte, Marquessa das Minas; Marquess of Quesnay; Comte de Levisse
- Important places
- Portugal
- Important events
- Spanish Peninsular War
- First words
- The entertainment in progress at Haddinton Hall in Sussex country seat of the Marquess of Quesnay, could not exactly be dignified by the name of ball, though there was dancing, and the sounds of music and gaiety were wafting ... (show all)from the open windows of the main drawing room.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She smiled back and reached up her arms for him.
- Original language
- English
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- Members
- 194
- Popularity
- 168,225
- Reviews
- 4
- Rating
- (3.50)
- Languages
- English, French, German
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 10
- ASINs
- 5
