The Heritage

by Frances Parkinson Keyes

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00005W0RC
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Eyre & Spottiswoode
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Heritage - romance at its best

This is one of my most favorite books. When I read it last a couple of weeks ago, it finally started to fall apart (paperback). But hardback copies are available used, so I was able to replace it easily. Here's the story. A young American in Ireland to visit relatives falls in love with a beautiful young woman on a train. They consumate their sudden love on a Ferry boat, a leg of his jouney. She had never revealed her name. In the morning he finds her gone with no way of tracing her. He finds her under incredible circumstances, but burdened by her guilt over their illicit interlude, she refuses to acknowledge or return his love. When she is found to be pregnant, he is unable to claim his child. The author felt duty bound to include historical politics which is irrelevant to the plot. Filter (skim over) the political letters, and you have a delightful romance. Awesome.