Girl from Diadem

by Jean Merrill

Book Overview

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449237524
• ISBN13: 9780449237526
• Release Date: October 1978
• Publisher: Fawcett Books
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Ten Stars Wouldn't Be Too Many

This is one of the most enjoyable books I have ever read - snappy, scintillating, tender, funny, and REAL - Even the most minor characters live and breathe. Ms. Merrill's writing belongs on the shelf right next to Oscar Wilde. Utterly delightful. (I just spent a week in chemotherapy and this book made me laugh out loud in the second chapter, and keep right on laughing... I finished it in one sitting then turned back and read it again! What more can I say? Other than THANK YOU, Jean Merrill.)

Edwardian Romance.

Swift pace, enjoyable read. Charming and mysterious male players and a splendid spirited woman. Nice mix! Cover blurb: "Make-Believe Love. It wasn't very romantic, but then romance was the furthest thing from Belle Barclay's mind when she agreed to a make-believe love affair with the young Earl of Orsett. Her career in the theatre was crashing to a premature end, and it was money that she needed. Pretending to be the object of the young Earl's affections seemed a simple ruse---until everything became very complicated. Too complicated. Suddenly Belle found herself head-over-heels in love---with the wrong man..."