Forever Amber

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Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16 year old Amber St Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England that of favorite mistress of the Merry Monarch, Charles II From whores and highwaymen to courtiers and noblemen, from events such as the Great Plague and the Fire of London to the intimate passions of ordinary and extraordinary men and women, Amber experiences it all But throughout her trials and escapades, she remains, in her heart, true to the one man she really loves, the one man she can never have Frequently compared to Gone with the Wind, Forever Amber is the other great historical romance, outselling every other American novel of the 1940s despite being banned in Boston for its sheer sexiness A book to read and reread, this edition brings back to print an unforgettable romance and a timeless masterpiece. Best Read Forever Amber [ by ] Kathleen Winsor [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr A little known trivia about this book Artie Shaw wanted his beautiful young wife Ava Gardner to be well read, and so he encouraged her to read many intellectual books He was very annoyed when he found her reading Forever Amber He called it a trashy romance novel Years later Artie Shaw would wed ...If you re looking for a rollicking romp through 17th century Restoration England then this is it 16 year old Amber St Clare finds herself homeless and penniless on the streets of London, and to make matters much worse she s also pregnant However, Amber is an enticing young girl, both in terms of her beauty and her personality and wit She s particularly well versed in the use of feminine wiles and eventually becomes the mistress of Charles II.Gosh, this story is a whirlwind of bawdiness, takin If you re looking for a rollicking romp through 17th century Restoration England then this is it 16 year old Amber St Clare finds herself homeless and penniless on the streets of London, and to make matters much worse she s also pregnant However, Amber is an enticing young girl, both in terms of her beauty and her personality and wit She s particularly well versed in the use of feminine wiles and eventually becomes the mistress of Charles II.Gosh, this story is a whirlwind of bawdiness, takin...I know some of you just love this bookand I m happy for youyou are the good kind people who are able to go out into the world and make friends easily because you see the good in everyone regardless of how horrible and shallow and rotten they are I am not like youI m fussy, I m particular, I m very judgmentaland I could only stand to read 323 pages of this awful book I too am one of those people who thinks you should finish the book if you start it I have never left a review about a I know some of you just love this bookand I m happy for youyou are the good kind people who are able to go out into the world and make friends easily because you see the good in everyone regardless of how horrible and shallow and rotten they are I am not like youI m fussy, I m particular, I m very judgmentaland I could only stand to read 323 pages of this awful book I too am one of those people who thinks you should finish the book if you start it I have never left a review about a book that I didn t complete, I m making an exception here because 323 pages IS a book for most authors and certainly plenty long enough for me to know I wasn t going to like it any better by reading 650 .If you are particular like I am and you li...Ugh I thought I d never finish this book I have never before read so many pages about a protagonist I hated this much.At the beginning of the book, Amber is a childish, selfish, spoiled little brat who uses her natural beauty and sexuality to get what she wants But I thought, it s a book about a journey Life will Happen, Amber will learn and grow and become a better person, and by the end of the book, I ll be happy when good things happen to her.Well Life did happen, but Amber didn t change Ugh I thought I d never finish this book I have never before read so many pages about a protagonist I hated this much.At the beginning of the book, Amber is a childish, selfish, spoiled little brat who uses her natural beauty and sexuality to get what she wants But I thought, it s a book about a journey Life will Happen, Amber will learn and grow and become a better person, and by the end of the book, I ll be happy when good things happen to her.Well Life did happen, but Amber didn t change one bit Throughout the entire book she stayed the same childish, selfish person she was at the beginning, and I hated her It was about halfway through the book that I realized she was never going to change, because this was not, in fact, a book about Amber It was a book about Amber s Obsession With Bruce And How She Let It Rui...Never again, she had promised herself a dozen times will I be such a fool Yeah right, like we all know that s never going to happen don t we Amber St Clare never felt she belonged with the poor family who raised her, and when one day a troop of cavaliers ride into her village she s swept away by Lord Bruce Carlton Well, actually it slike the other way around Amber won t say no and begs Bruce to take her to London and against his better judgment he agrees although lust for the beaNever again, she had promised herself a dozen times will I be such a fool Yeah right, like we all know that s never going to happen don t we Amber St Clare never felt she belonged with the poor family who raised her, and when one day a troop of cavaliers ride into her village she s swept away by Lord Bruce Carlton Well, actually it slike the other way around Amber won t say no and begs Bruce to take her to London and against his better judgment he agrees although lust for the beauteous Amber might have something to do with it Nah Bruce makes it perfectly clear he ll never marry her and when his privateering ships are ready to sail she s on her own Amber accepts Bruce s terms and they re off to London as Charles II is crowned and his bawdy court and courtiers are in full swing As he warned, Bruce soon has to leave and it doesn t take long for a pregnant Amber to get herself royally swindled what a fool out of every farthing Bruce left her and thrown into Newgate prison for debt N...I read this book because of my grandfather That sounds funny, but my grandpa Duke was in WWII and he was stationed mostly on ships When this book came out, he the whole crew were given one copy to share So they tore the book apart and passed the chapters around You might get the third chapter one night and the tenth another He read the whole book, but completely out of order After he told me this story I went to the library and checked...I am always interested in how my adult self reacts differently to books than my adolescent self did I first read this book when I was about twelve years old and I am surprised none of the adults around me prohibited it Probably because of my own innocence, I failed to see how very jaded this character actually was For me then, ther...Meet Amber, the Scarlett O Hara of the English Civil War and Restoration era Nothing could stop this teenage country girl, from a small English village as she rises to the top in the court of King Charles II, becoming one of his MANY mistresses Amber s tale borders on the trashy but my goodness, she was so much fun Like Scarlett, Amber wants the man she can not have, whilst moving heaven and earth to obtain his love Poor Scarlett was so besotted with Ashley that she barely noticed the south Meet Amber, the Scarlett O Hara of the English Civil War and Restoration era Nothing could stop this teenage country girl, from a small English village as she rises to the top in the court of King Charles II, becoming one of his MANY mistresses Amber s tale borders on the trashy but my goodness, she was so much fun Like Scarlett, Amber wants the man she can not have, whilst moving heaven and earth to obtain his love Poor Scarlett was so besotted with Ashley that she barely noticed the south being invaded and the town of Atlanta set on fire while the feckless Amber, in much the same manner, successfully conquers the bubonic plague with both considering their travails a minor inconvenience As long as Amber shares the sick bed with her lover Bruce she barely has time to notice her, no doubt, painful experience BRUCE MUST LIVE or Amber...Like Amber s frilly drawers, my thoughts on this book regularly went up and down It s a lusty romp through Restoration England taking in Newgate prison, bawdy taverns and theatres, the plague, the great fire of London, royal courts, various bedrooms and general day to day life of the 1660s Amber was one hell of a character, an anti heroine in the mould of Scarlett O Hara She fought hard for what she wanted at the expense of anyone who got in her way, and as with Scarlett, sometimes I was chee Like Amber s frilly drawers, my thoughts on this book regularly went up and down It s a lusty romp through Restoration England taking in Newgate prison, bawdy taverns and theatres, the plague, the great fire of London, royal courts, various bedrooms and general day to day life of the 1660s Amber was one hell of a character, an anti heroine in the mould of Scarlett O Hara She fought hard for what she wanted at the expense of anyone who got in... Amber takes you through one of the most interesting periods in the English history A feisty, brave and independent heroine who is not afraid to go after what she wants 10 stars

Forever Amber
  • English
  • 18 March 2017
  • Paperback
  • 972 pages
  • 0141009829
  • Kathleen Winsor
  • Forever Amber