Mary Lide, Author Warner Books $0 (374p) ISBN 978-0-446-51362-3
Set in the turbulent 12th century, the third of Lide's historical chronicles (after Gifts of the Queen charts the history of the Sedgemont family. Lord Raoul and Lady Ann Sedgemont live on the war-torn border between England and Wales. Their...
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Mary Lide, Author Warner Books $16.45 (0p) ISBN 978-0-446-51268-8
In this fine, old-fashioned adventure story, Isobelle, an orphaned English woman, is left for dead by the rest of her party following a shipwreck off the coast of North America. A band of Arabs scoops her up as a treasure to be bartered, and indeed,
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Mary Lide, Author St. Martin's Press $16.95 (251p) ISBN 978-0-312-03445-0
The tangled history of two Cornish families, torn by lust and revenge from an earlier generation, unfolds in this well-written, satisfying romance. Jocelyn, putative heiress of the Tregaran clan, is 10 years old when the story begins. The Tregarans...
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Mary Lide, Author St. Martin's Press $18.95 (269p) ISBN 978-0-312-09293-1
The perilous youth of a leading historical figure yields an absorbing narrative in Lomer's ( The Seascape ) vivid portrayal of 11th-century European life for both the high- and low-born. Seven-year-old William, bastard and only son of Robert, Duke...
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Mary Lide, Author St. Martin's Press $18.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-312-06319-1
Philippa de Verne is the spirited heroine of Lide's turbulent new novel set in England during the early part of Henry VIII's rule. After her mother's death, Philippa's heinous stepfather tries to force her to marry Master Simeon, an odious, boorish...
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Mary Lide, Author St. Martin's Press $17.95 (204p) ISBN 978-0-312-07799-0
Love once again conquers all, including class differences, in Lide's ( The Legacy of Tregaran ) appealing romance set in 19th-century Cornwall. Feisty Guinevere Ellis, known as Jenny, lives with her scheming mother, the maid of all work at run-down...
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Mary Lide, Author St. Martin's Press $19.95 (230p) ISBN 978-0-312-11877-8
Following an intriguing prologue, Lide (The Homecoming) raises the curtain on her setting-a romantic, post-WWI Cornwall-and principal characters, Em Trevarisk and her younger cousin Lily Polleven. During a walk on the coast, the girls discover a...
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