In still and stormy waters REAY TANNAHILL
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BCA 1992, str. 520, stan db+ (podniszczona lekko obwoluta)
ISBN 0-141-02153-7
The story of two women, one inheritance, and one man.
The time . . .
The twenty years of Victoria's reign that marked the high peak of Britain's imperial destiny.
The place . . .
The book is set partly in the wild and empty Highlands of Scotland; partly in exotic, eventful, bustling Hong Kong.
The people . . .
The two heroines of In Still and Stormy Waters (whose characters and relationship were inspired by those of Elizabeth I of England, and Mary, Queen of Scots) are Rachel Macmillan and her cousin Sophie.
Rachel - quiet, subtle and intelligent -is born illegitimate in the back streets of Soho, but unexpectedly inherits the lovely, lonely Highland estate of Juran that is to become her lifetime's obsession.
Sophie - vivid, beautiful and extravagant - grows up half a world away, daughter of the exiled black sheep of the family. For her, Juran is at first no more than a symbol of the intolerant past, an unattainable dream of the future.
But as the passionate years go by -years during which the only apparent link between the girls is the mysterious and manipulative Rainer Blake - it begins to seem that there are other, invisible ties between them, ties that tighten until at last their lives and destinies forcibly converge. When, in the end, they meet; it is as rivals not only for possession of Juran, but also of the man whom both, in their very different ways, have for long desired.
Not since A Dark and Distant Shore has Reay Tannahill written so powerfully about obsession, double dealing and love.
Język angielski
ISBN 0-141-02153-7
The story of two women, one inheritance, and one man.
The time . . .
The twenty years of Victoria's reign that marked the high peak of Britain's imperial destiny.
The place . . .
The book is set partly in the wild and empty Highlands of Scotland; partly in exotic, eventful, bustling Hong Kong.
The people . . .
The two heroines of In Still and Stormy Waters (whose characters and relationship were inspired by those of Elizabeth I of England, and Mary, Queen of Scots) are Rachel Macmillan and her cousin Sophie.
Rachel - quiet, subtle and intelligent -is born illegitimate in the back streets of Soho, but unexpectedly inherits the lovely, lonely Highland estate of Juran that is to become her lifetime's obsession.
Sophie - vivid, beautiful and extravagant - grows up half a world away, daughter of the exiled black sheep of the family. For her, Juran is at first no more than a symbol of the intolerant past, an unattainable dream of the future.
But as the passionate years go by -years during which the only apparent link between the girls is the mysterious and manipulative Rainer Blake - it begins to seem that there are other, invisible ties between them, ties that tighten until at last their lives and destinies forcibly converge. When, in the end, they meet; it is as rivals not only for possession of Juran, but also of the man whom both, in their very different ways, have for long desired.
Not since A Dark and Distant Shore has Reay Tannahill written so powerfully about obsession, double dealing and love.
Język angielski
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