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Victoria Holt
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Secret for a Nightingale |
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No copies available |
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Hardcover |
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1986 |
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B000NVZJFC |
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Doubleday & Company, Inc. |
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2 Janine (USA: PA), Michael (USA) |
| Previous moochers: |
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2 tobiejonzarelli (USA: MA), bookyeti (Canada) |
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Carla (USA: AL) (2008/07/11):
Spanning the globe from colonial India to Victorian England and the Crimea, Secret For A Nightingale unfolds a lavish, richly textured story of a young woman who courageously embarks on a career in a time when most women dared not venture out alone. As a child in India, beautiful, highspirited Susanna Pleydell first becomes aware of her special gifts to soothe the sick. But she puts aside her dream of helping others when she meets the dashing and sophisticated Aubrey St. Clare. Only after they are married does Susanna learn of Aubrey's brooding, dangerous nature - his obsession with the occult and his weakness for opium. But most fearful of all, she discovers Aubrey's strange association with Dr. Damien Adair, a powerful figure who exerts s sinister influence over her husbnd. And when Aubrey's frightening behavior leads to tragedy, Susanna flees, vowing vengeance on the one man she holds responsible - Damien Adair. Closely guarding her dark secret, Susanna travels to the Middle East and the Crimean War, where she begins a new life as a nurse, working beside the legendary Florence Nightingale. It is there that fate brings the mysterious Dr. Adair back into her life. And it is there that Susanna finds her desire for revenge now tempered by a baffling new emotion. Is it possible that her once unforgiving heart has suddenly crossed the boundary between hate and love?
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