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Every chapter ends with a cliffhanger! Publisher's Review You have never read a book quite like this! It packs such a punch that at times it will leave you breathless! Book Club Reviewer There are no half measures!
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Readers will either love this book - or hate it! None will forget it! Editor Marie Warder has done it again! This spellbinding romantic novel fraught with misplaced understandings, unrequited love, and great sacrifice, is set in the first half of the turbulent seventies in South Africa. She quickly draws you into a story so compelling you won't want to put it down.
Warder writes of the power of God's wonderful healing grace at work in the lives of the characters as they open up in faith to the truth of His word. Her obvious love for South Africa, and her wonderfully detailed and descriptive language, make you want to go there and see it all for yourself.
The characters are so endearing, I hope there is a sequel. Susan Rivers Marie Warder's best fiction book to date. It is hard to put down and one can't help wondering how on earth she is going to sort out all the complications in the story. Marie Warder is a very talented lady and is an excellent spinner of tales. Quite apart from the fascinating characters and story, I loved learning about South Africa, in all its beauty, the difficult times they have had, and are still going through. The writer is meticulous in checking out all the details, whether it be historically, geographically, theologically, medically or even botanically.
Many of the characters in the book are based on people she knows, or events she has been involved in. I hope she does a sequel to this book. I have enjoyed it so much. In convincing manner, the writer relates the story from the point of view of Paul Jansen, the man who sincerely loved the beautiful Jeanne, but could never be more than a brother to her. Jeanne already worships another man— an idol with 'feet of clay'. Her initial adoration and later struggle against this 'idol' make for an intensely moving story, sensitively recorded.
Marie Warder has a deep knowledge of mankind with all its urges and weaknesses, and her characters are always convincingly portrayed. Here we meet people as we all know them—we see constant misunderstandings that undermine marital happiness, and jealousy that estranges friends. You have in your hand a book you will find difficult to put down. In exchange for giving him a son, the proud and fascinating Count Louis de Maupassant offers wealth and an elevated position in society. And was there a girl in the entire Cape Colony who would blame her for accepting this strange marriage proposal without a second thought, despite the fact that he has not said a word about love?
For wasn't he the most attractive, most romantic figure of the day—the man possessed of fabulous riches, irresistible charm and aristocratic refinement? This historical novel about South Africa, set in the very early days of the Cape of Good Hope, transports the reader to a distant, romantic past—to the adventurous days of the Dutch East India Company, when the Colony was young.
We meet some of the outstanding people of the period: We become familiar with some of the problems facing the recently arrived French Huguenot refugees; not least among them Roux's initial struggle to continue the instruction of his pupils in their mother tongue.
This extraordinary narrative of daring and courage, of sacrificial love and rock-solid loyalty is, at the same time, a tale of suspicion and jealousy; of devilish cunning and despicable treachery. During World War 11, Joshua Naude, a young South African agronomist, is sent on a clearly defined mission to the strategic island of Malta. His gentle, plucky but frail wife, Anna, accompanies him. Not long after their arrival on the island, they are joined by Joshua's devastatingly good-looking airman brother and, through him, they become acquainted with beautiful and captivating Stephanie Velez; a ruthless charmer of volatile temperament.
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From the moment Stephanie comes into their lives, a spirit of hatred and suspicion is released among them—and also among their friends. Meanwhile, one after another, convoys bringing food and other essential supplies to the island, are torpedoed and sunk, and Joshua's strange behaviour eventually leads his wife to suspect that he is somehow involved in this.
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Be the first to review this item Would you like to tell us about a lower price? Customer reviews There are no customer reviews yet. Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a product review. Most helpful customer reviews on Amazon. Following rapidly on the heels of "When you know that you know that you know! As used to be the case with so many of her books written in South Africa, before she immigrated to Canada , it is mainly set in a newspaper office, and provides an absorbing picture of what the production of a daily paper entailed before the advent of computers.
She is known to paint human relationships very vividly, and this she does in Tarnished Idols. South Africa is at war in the nineteen-forties, and this book deals with the consequences of love at first sight, and the enduring passion of a teenager for an air force pilot.
Her characters are so real that you want to shake them because of some of the antics they indulge in. Again she has woven a gripping tale - set in her beautiful South Africa - which is difficult to put down.
She is a keen observer of human frailty and most,if not all,her characters are based on people she has known. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Since first reading this book, I have read all the other available titles by this author - especially "The Bronze Killer" which featured two of the characters in this one , and "When you know that you know, that you know!
Although it is clearly fiction, and not meant to be studied as an historical treatise, it was well worth a second read. One person found this helpful. What a provocative book! Our family certainly got its money's worth, as each in turn having waited in line to read it wanted to discuss it at the dinner table.
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Without exception, having fallen in love with Francois, they would raise the agonizing question: Why did he do that? Each came up with a different theory. My husband was led to read The Bronze Killer after reading this one. His review appears elsewhere. From the time that I started to read "With No Remorse The story of the devilish Stephanie just drew me from page to page and I could not wait to know what the outcome would be.
One of my mother's dearest friends lost a Canadian Air Force son over Malta during the war, so I was especially interested to learn how the islanders had also suffered during this war. See all 3 reviews. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway. Set up a giveaway.
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