The General's Mistress Paperback / softback
by Jo Graham
Paperback / softback
Description
A Dutch woman flees her marriage to become a courtesan against the backdrop of the French Revolution in this steamy historical novel described as Girl with a Pearl Earring meets Dangerous Liaisons. Liberte, Egalite, Sensualite. . . . As a spirit of change overturns Europe's old order, strong-willed Elzelina Versfelt enters her own age of revolution.
Married as a romantic young girl to a man who wanted only her money, but neither loves nor desires her, Elza refuses to be chained any longer.
Leaving Amsterdam, her marriage, and her home, she flees to France-where the old rules no longer apply, debauchery is not a sin . . . and nothing is forbidden. Yet Elza finds herself bound in a new way, to the ambitious General Moreau. And while they share pleasure, pain, and carnal adventures, she dreams of another man, an unruly red-haired soldier she first saw in the promise of a Tarot card.
Drawn by this half-real, half-imagined hero, Elza defies her relationship with Moreau, and begins a perilous search across war-torn Europe. . . . But will this woman with the instincts of a survivor, the passion of a courtesan, and the gift of second sight ever find the destiny for which she has risked it all?
This stunning novel blends history with the language of the heart to tell a sensual story of an era of upheaval . . . and of the clamoring, dangerous desires of a woman's soul.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:400 pages
- Publisher:Simon & Schuster
- Publication Date:23/10/2012
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- ISBN:9781451667219
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:400 pages
- Publisher:Simon & Schuster
- Publication Date:23/10/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781451667219
