Red Adam's lady

by Grace Ingram

Book Overview

The fair Lady Julitta has a problem. She is not wealthy. She prizes her virginity. And her liege, whom she despises, is intent on rape. Red Adam is the lord of Brentborough castle--young, impetuous,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812815645
• ISBN13: 9780812815641
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Stein and Day
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The benchmark in historical romance!

The best historical romance ever written. This book was the first 'romance' book I read. I bought it in the summer of 1974 as a beach read. Little did I know that it would spark a love of all romance novels that lasts to this day. I read this book once a year, and it never fails to deliver!This book has everything! Mistaken identity, nasty family members, a rogue hero, a feisty heroine, villainy, intrigue, marauding hordes all set against the backdrop of feudal England. And must not forget a love story for the ages. This is one for every hopeful romantic!If you ever come across this gem, buy it! You won't be sorry.

A Perfect Romantic Historical

It seems cruel to review this book because you can't get it anymore. My old copy is held together with rubber bands. I liked everything about it. All the characters were wonderful; the history was accurate; the mystery and intrigue were mysterious and intriguing. The secondary characters were almost better than the main characters. Good wasn't always pretty and Evil was evil with reasons and, sometimes, even strengths. You could hiss the villians and cheer the good guys but you knew that these people lived and you mourned and rejoiced with them. When the hero finally wins his lady's love, it's a timeless moment. Her love is an achievement...not a casual tumble in the normal historical bodice ripper. My only complaint about this book was it was too short and there's never been a sequel. If you can find a copy, read it - you'll love it.

The Best Medieval Romance Ever Written!

I bought a copy of this book when it was first published in 1973 and it remains on my once a year "must read" list. The story of Red Adam and his lady Julitta is an exciting chronicle of romance, suspense, mystery, and contains the best descriptions of everyday medieval life ever put down on paper. Grace Ingram's tight, poetic prose puts to shame the modern ... that masquerades as historical romance fiction. Mistaken for a peasant wench, Julitta di Montrigord is carried off one night by the drunken lord of Brentborough, Adam de Lorismond. To save her virtue, she knocks him silly with a stool. What she knocks into him, of course, is love. What follows is a most marvelous tale of coerced marriage that ripens into friendship and desire and the growing maturity of two young people who must learn to deal with villanious servants, abhorrent relatives and treacherous neighbors. This author also wrote a book called Gilded Spurs and under the name of Doris Sutcliffe Adams wrote Power of Darkness, No Man's Son and The Price of Blood. None of these books, in my opinion, approaches the spectacular storytelling she achieves in Red Adam's Lady. Grace Ingram is a pseudonym and we have only two books under her name. Red Adam's Lady is a ten star romance. Grace, if you are still with us, give us one more!

it's a keeper

I have read this book many many times and enjoyed it each time. Until I moved I had an old copy but somehow the book didnot move with me. Please does any one have a copy? I want to read this many more times (it's that enjoyable to me). It made me laugh and understand a lot about the time period they live in. It makes history more believable and is just fun overall. The characters are what you love best. I can remember some of it but want it again!!!!!!!

One of the best, most endearing medieval romances written!

This is one of the best, most beautiful romances I've ever read. Julitta is forced to marry Red Adam, a young man who recently has inherited not just a ramshackle castle but a raft of problems that will shake the world of this young couple as they learn to trust and love only each other. It is one of the few books that not only has a wonderful plot, but also quality writing, humor, real emotions, and historical accuracy (how many romances have a footnote explaining lye?). This book is the reason I married my own redhead! Your reading pleasure is guaranteed not only by a women who has read many romance novels but is a history buff with a Masters degree from the University of Chicago!