Song of Songs
I don't know what it is about this book that I like it so much, but I do... Read it numerous times and it still always hits the right spot when I'm need of a bit quick fix of romantic saga
synopsis:lady helena grows up in a family of wealth and privilege, with benign neglect being shown to her by her parents. she is actually raised by governess and nurse. as she grows older, she learns that her parents have their separate lives and are only together for convenience sake. she meets someone when she is 17, and believes him to be a god among men. they become engaged, even though everyone else knows that he has a fondness for men instead of women. when he is killed during wwI, helena
A beautiful story taking you though the boer war and the great war. Heartbreaking accounts from the front and the nursing tents and a sometimes sad and sometimes happy tale of unequal love after the war.
one of my all time top 10. A sweeping saga that has the power to reduce a reader to tears. Slightly old-fashioned writing style which suits the story and evokes the atmosphere and culture of a bygone era. If you enjoy good quality historical novels, this is one to buy - although you may have to search hard, I think it's out of print now. I have re-read this book at least 5 times, and it's always hard to put down.
Before there was Downton Abbey there was this novel. There are many parallels in the stories, but think of Sybil and her chauffeur for the story line in this novel.This novel sparked my interest in WWI, the brave nurses and soldiers who were wounded and saved on the Western front.I read this novel more than 20 years ago on a drive back to Virginia from Massachusetts. I could not put it down, reading it into the dark and trying to read by the lights on the highway. After the all night drive I
This was a LONG book. Took me a full month to read it, but it was good. It was marked by others as a Historical Romance, but I would consider it more WWI fiction. It tells the story of the life of an aristocrat girl who grew to a woman at the time of World War I. The story began when Helena was about three in 1895 and covers through to 1922. She was born to typical selfish parents of her class and was raised by servants. In many ways she was weak, but she was also loyal to those she loved. That
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Original Title: | Song of Songs |
ISBN: | 0446360988 (ISBN13: 9780446360982) |
Edition Language: | English |
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Don't read this book if you are already feeling blue. The depths of despair this story of a woman's systematic physical, emotional, and spiritual breakdown due to the impact of war and its aftermath, will surely put you over the edge if you are already fragile. I cried pretty much every chapter from the beginning of World War I and way beyond, which was somehow worse. The writing is fantastic, the characterization of the first person protagonist so palpable that you are literally experiencing every emotion, stress, and imbalance. I don't normally go for books with so much death, tragedy and horror but I went into it blind and once I got started, there was no way I could put it down. I want to read her other books and I am crossing my fingers that they won't be as dark otherwise I may have to ration them to one per decade so I don't completely lose my mind.Mention Of Books Song of Songs
Title | : | Song of Songs |
Author | : | Beverley Hughesdon |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 0 pages |
Published | : | June 1st 1991 by Warner Books (NY) (first published May 1990) |
Categories | : | War. World War I. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. Historical Romance |
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Ratings: 4.33 From 309 Users | 22 ReviewsEvaluate Of Books Song of Songs
Absolutely loved this when I first read it in the 1990s> I still enjoy the story and the characters today.I don't know what it is about this book that I like it so much, but I do... Read it numerous times and it still always hits the right spot when I'm need of a bit quick fix of romantic saga
synopsis:lady helena grows up in a family of wealth and privilege, with benign neglect being shown to her by her parents. she is actually raised by governess and nurse. as she grows older, she learns that her parents have their separate lives and are only together for convenience sake. she meets someone when she is 17, and believes him to be a god among men. they become engaged, even though everyone else knows that he has a fondness for men instead of women. when he is killed during wwI, helena
A beautiful story taking you though the boer war and the great war. Heartbreaking accounts from the front and the nursing tents and a sometimes sad and sometimes happy tale of unequal love after the war.
one of my all time top 10. A sweeping saga that has the power to reduce a reader to tears. Slightly old-fashioned writing style which suits the story and evokes the atmosphere and culture of a bygone era. If you enjoy good quality historical novels, this is one to buy - although you may have to search hard, I think it's out of print now. I have re-read this book at least 5 times, and it's always hard to put down.
Before there was Downton Abbey there was this novel. There are many parallels in the stories, but think of Sybil and her chauffeur for the story line in this novel.This novel sparked my interest in WWI, the brave nurses and soldiers who were wounded and saved on the Western front.I read this novel more than 20 years ago on a drive back to Virginia from Massachusetts. I could not put it down, reading it into the dark and trying to read by the lights on the highway. After the all night drive I
This was a LONG book. Took me a full month to read it, but it was good. It was marked by others as a Historical Romance, but I would consider it more WWI fiction. It tells the story of the life of an aristocrat girl who grew to a woman at the time of World War I. The story began when Helena was about three in 1895 and covers through to 1922. She was born to typical selfish parents of her class and was raised by servants. In many ways she was weak, but she was also loyal to those she loved. That
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