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“This book is probably the most intelligently written historical novel I’ve ever read. This is a book that’s as much about marriage as it is about love. The hero and heroine fall in love during a fractious marriage that changes both of them for the better: this book is the best evidence I can offer for the fact that a man and woman can live an intelligent, sensual, thoughtful and kind life together – even when the partners themselves could never be described as thoughtful or kind. Marriage is a tremendously interesting state, and this novel looks squarely at its best and worst qualities.” Read more...
Eloisa James on Her Favourite Romance Novels
Eloisa James, Literary Scholar
