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When, on the night of their wedding, Ned asks his new wife Rose to promise that she will never leave him, Rose is quick to give her aristocratic husband her word: keeping it, however, proves harder.
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Classical in form, effortless, spare and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Mary Wesley
- First published
- 1987
- Pages
- 279
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, J'ai Lu, Macmillan
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9780745142609
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