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Title: Beyond the Sunrise by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0-451-40342-8 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: November, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A Good History Book
Comment: If you want to know all about the historical events of the summer of 1810 when the French advanced into Portugal and the British, Spanish, and Portuguese response to it; this is the book for you. It is full of details of battle scenes and the boring life of the officers in between. If I had liked the characters it would have been easier to get involved in the history, but they were not likable or even believable. It's all about a woman who dedicates her life to getting revenge after witnessing the rape of her sister. She, because of her beauty, ensnares and manipulates every man she ever comes in contact with, including the hero who is a bitter man due to uncontrollable life circumstances. I think it is an insult to men to believe that they could all be manipulated into doing almost anything just because a woman is beautiful. A well written book, but definitely not my cup of tea.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best books I have ever read.
Comment: Beyond the sunrise is one of my favourite books. I have had it now for several years and I just love reading it over and over. The characters are so well written that they seem like they could be real life people.
The character of Jeanne Morisette was the best heroine I have ever read. She is witty and charming and has a lot of spunk. She has sharp remarks for everything. She is the kind of person who thinks on her feet and it's a quality that is really endearing.
The character of Robert Blake is perfectly matched for our heroine. Although he thinks he can not trust her, he ends up trusting his heart in the end. Of course he doesn't realize it that he was following his heart the whole time. He may think that his love for her has faded, but in fact it only increased.
I thought the story was wonderful, the characters came to life and were a joy to read. The scenery Miss Balough sets is breathtaking. I almost imagined I was there.
This was a great book and I recommend it to anyone who likes Miss Baloughs stuff. I sure do.
Rating: 5
Summary: Sheer brilliance
Comment: All of Mary Balogh's books are wonderfully written, elaborate love stories that make the heart weep and cheer. And none more so than "Beyond the Sunrise."
This novel captures the spirit of a bygone era. The protagonists, Jeanne and Robert, meet in Regency England, fall madly in love and are forced apart by the cruel hands of their respective fathers. Jeanne returns to her native France while Robert enlists in the army.
They meet 10 years later at a ball in Portugal. He recognizes her immediately, she doesn't him. This time fate is not the only thing keeping them apart. War does as well, a particularly brutal war on the Iberian peninsula. It pits them as spies on opposing factions. Passion flares but so does betrayal and heartbreak, and only through sheer perseverance and determination, does love triumph.
Balogh is a magically gifted storyteller. She writes dialogue that is purely brilliant and that Hollywood should take note of. You can actually visualize the characters acting out the scene.
Her settings are brutally realistic, with as much detail on flora and landscapes as to the cut of a man's uniform. The men are real men with real feelings, the women, true but never weak. Her characters are thoroughly fleshed out and multi-faceted. They seem human, which is rare in a Romance novel.
You will love this book, even if you don't like Romance novels. It is a classic, and one that every writer could take a lesson from.
I have read and reread this novel at least 20 times and it never ceases to make me weep of despair or cry for joy. It is truly moving.
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Title: Deceived by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0451404181 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Tangled by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0451404521 Publisher: Topaz Pub. Date: March, 1994 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: An Unlikely Duchess by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0451167392 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: October, 1990 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Heartless by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0425150119 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: A Masked Deception by Mary Balogh ISBN: 0451134052 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: July, 1989 |
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