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Carisbrooke Abbey (Hardcover)

by Amanda Grange (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd (Sep 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0709074042
  • ISBN-13: 978-0709074045
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,066,537 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Historical Novel Society Review Magazine, February 2004
Amanda Grange tells her story so well, with such bravura, we read on to an exciting denoument and satisfying end.

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5.0 out of 5 stars an engrossing read, 14 Oct 2003
By pfreeman (england) - See all my reviews
I haven't read anything by Amanda Grange before but I've always loved books about spooky old houses so I knew I wanted to read this one. Hilary Wentworth goes to work at Carisbrooke Abbey and finds that Marcus, Lord Carisbrooke, has a secret to keep.
The book is set in the Regency period, but there are no balls etc. Instead, there's a plot with secret passages and attempted murder, a hero and heroine you want to spend time with, and there's a passionate feel to the whole book even though there aren't any detailed sex scenes.
A good read.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book, 11 Dec 2003
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A rivetting read. I loved this book and look forward to reading more by Amanda Grange. She is a real discovery
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4.0 out of 5 stars A light read, 10 Feb 2006
By Helen Hancox "Auntie Helen" (Essex, England) - See all my reviews
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I read this book after reading Darcy’s Diary by the same author. I had enjoyed the light touch of that book and the way the plot moved forward.

Carisbrooke Abbey was an enjoyable read – the plot was very fast-paced, the language is simple and none of the plot details are that complex. Characters are introduced but we don’t delve deeply into their behaviour – everything moves along and I read the whole book in under three hours.

It was enjoyable but a little too lightweight for me. I like reading books set in the Regency period but this book is light on historical detail; that’s OK but in this case the social requirements of the day would have killed the plot – Harriet wouldn’t have stayed in the house without a woman’s company – so this is glossed over. For a while I wondered if we were having another Jane Eyre situation (hero has mad wife) but eventually we discovered the mad girl is a sister. Phew, our hero and heroine are able to get together after all, having overcome a few problems along the way.

Although this is a fun book it almost read more like a children’s book to me – the light nature of the writing and the lack of depth in the plot and characters meant that when I finished the book it hadn’t really scratched an itch. Great for holiday reading though.

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