Genny S. reviewed on 12/28/2011 + 141 more book reviews

This book was considered scandalous when I read it at 15 years old. My Dad caught me reading it and I was grounded for a week. I recently ordered the book to see if it was worth the punishment and I am happy to say it was. Compared to the descriptions of sexual activity by todays authors this book is almost innocent. I loved the book. I couldn't put it down. It has the scope of a "Gone With the Wind" and I have never read a better description of the morally corrupt court of Charles II, the "Merry Monarch". Now I know why he was so "merry". Amber is a girl who always lands on her feet in this scandalous world of the "Restoration" and eventtually becomes one of the King's mistresses. In spite of all of her scandalous affairs she always longs for the one man whe can't conquer. The ending is wonderful. I read it three times I enjoyed it so much. The period of the book covers the great London plague, the great London fire, and the colonial development of the American colonies. This is not a "Romance" novel. It is a history novel and the period has never been better described. I am now 80 years old and a retired World History teacher. Genny

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