An edition of Island of the Swans (1989)

Island of the swans

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Cover of: Island of the swans by Ciji Ware, Ciji Ware
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An edition of Island of the Swans (1989)

Island of the swans

Softcover large print ed.

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  • 3 Want to read

Re-issued in its original full length, this acclaimed and bestselling romantic historical novel by award-winning author Ciji Ware tells the true story of passionate and flamboyant Jane Maxwell, the 4th Duchess of Gordon (1749-1812). In love since childhood with Thomas Fraser, when she hears that he's been killed in America, she marries the Duke of Gordon with disastrous results. But Fraser, very much alive, returns to England to claim her love.In addition to telling a heart-wrenching love story, Island of the Swans also paints a fascinating portrait of a powerfuland controversial woman and the tumultuous era inwhich she lived. Patroness of poet Robert Burns, advisorto King George, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, JaneMaxwell was a towering figure in her own time and is anunforgettable heroine.

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Publisher
Wheeler Pub.
Language
English
Pages
761

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Subjects

Women, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance, Women -- Scotland -- Fiction, Large type books, Fiction, romance, general

People

Jane Maxwell Duchess of Gordon (1749?-1812)

Places

Scotland
Edition Availability
Cover of: Island of the Swans
Island of the Swans
2010, Sourcebooks, Inc.
eBook in English
Cover of: Island of the swans
Island of the swans
1998, Wheeler Pub.
in English - Softcover large print ed.
Cover of: Island of the Swans
Island of the Swans
February 1, 1989, Fanfare, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
Rockland, MA
Series
Wheeler large print book series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3573.A7435 I85 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
761 p. (large print) ;
Number of pages
761

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL363139M
Internet Archive
islandofswans00ware_0
ISBN 10
1568956185
LCCN
98023371
OCLC/WorldCat
39162302
Library Thing
489607
Goodreads
3710217

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First Sentence

"Perched uncomfortably on a low stool in the drafty sitting room, the young girl stared miserably at the wrinkled scrap of embroidery lying forlornly on her lap."

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