Silver nutmeg norah lofts book

Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. The story takes place in banda, an island in the dutch east indies. When she arrived racked by rheumatic fever, he ordered her killed. Buy silver nutmeg by lofts, norah from amazons fiction books store.

The eldest son of sir godfrey and lady sybilla tallboys is tied to the plough and scratching a living on knights acre. Norah lofts, known for her bestselling romantic suspense novels, has an obsession about houses and a love of ghost stories. There was a complilation library on our book shelf and i read elephants can remember by agatha christie and then charlotte by norah lofts. A beautiful, orphaned englishwoman is groomed to become a bride for a dutch indies plantation owners son. She wrote over 50 books and specialized in historical fiction, although she also wrote nonfiction and short stories. Although not one of her best, its still good reading. Norah lofts books biography and list of works author of the.

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Silver rose jill eckersley page 62 of 79 previous next page. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. She taught english and history at a girls school before turning to writing full time. Mar 31, 2017 author of the town house, the concubine, bless this house, jassy, the house at sunset, the kings pleasure, the house at old vine, silver nutmeg norah lofts open library donate. Written by norah lofts, audiobook narrated by nicolette mckenzie, gordon griffin. Many of her novels, including her suffolk trilogy, follow the history of a specific house and the residents that lived in it. There, in one short chapter, was outlined a romantic, bloodstained history that. Norah lofts was one of the bestknown and bestloved of all historical novelists, known for her authentic application of period detail to all her books. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account. Norah lofts norah robinson lofts 1904 1983 aka juliet astley and peter curtis norah lofts was a prolific british author who wrote not only historical romances for over 50 years, but also nonfiction and biographies. Norah lofts was the author of more than 40 books, factual, fictional and biographical. Evert haan, grown wealthy o blackmarket trading, sent to holland for annabet.

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