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The twin daughters of Tamsyn Pennlyon take very different paths—only to reunite in a firestorm of explosive secrets and illicit passions that threaten to divide them forever Twins Angelet and Bersaba Landor may look alike, but their personalities couldn't be more different. Angelet is sweet, gentle, and submissive, while Bersaba is secretive, sensual, and headstrong. When the sisters are separated by forces beyond their control, Bersaba finds her life taking a dark turn. After years apart, show more the twins are reunited within the echoing halls of Far Flamstead.As Angelet finds herself at the mercy of the manor's secret past, Bersaba gives in to a perilous temptation. Bersaba will risk everything—even her life—for the love of one man. Against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of bloody revolt and new beginnings, Bersaba and Angelet discover that the ties that bind them can also tear them apart. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance. show lessTags
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A tale with a twin narrative shared by twin sisters.
Angelet & Bersaba take turns in detailing their lives, mainly during the period 1639-41. This approach works well, as the sisters have distinct personalities. I like both leading ladies very much, especially Bersaba, as she has unfathomable depths.
I found the book engaging from start to finish. The closing chapters are very moving, largely through the author's good work in making me care for the characters.
A great read.
Angelet & Bersaba take turns in detailing their lives, mainly during the period 1639-41. This approach works well, as the sisters have distinct personalities. I like both leading ladies very much, especially Bersaba, as she has unfathomable depths.
I found the book engaging from start to finish. The closing chapters are very moving, largely through the author's good work in making me care for the characters.
A great read.
It was an interesting style to have the story told alternately in the voices of the twin sisters but they were so different that it was a jarring transition. Overall, the follow up to The Witch From the Sea felt like a bit of a retread. The boring and good twin sees none of the evil around her and the fun time twin sees nothing of the havoc she causes. It did manage to get pretty messy by the end but the killing off of any characters that would prevent a happy ending made it work out.
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Jean Plaidy was a British writer who wrote under various pen names. Her real name is Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert. She was born in London on September 1, 1906. Most of the books written as Jean Plaidy are historical romances based on English history featuring historical figures. The first, Beyond the Blue Mountains, was published in 1947. Hibbert show more also wrote five nonfiction histories and two children's books. Besides Jean Plaidy, Hibbert wrote under Victoria Holt, Phillipa Carr, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Ellalice Tate, and her maiden name, Eleanor Burford. Hibbert died on January 18, 1993. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Sarabanda para dos hermanas = Amores prohibidos
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- 1976
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- Angelet; Bersaba; Richard Tolworthy
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