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To Sir Phillip, With Love (Bridgertons #5)
by
Julia Quinn (Goodreads Author)
Bridgerton Series: Book 5
Sir Phillip knew from his correspondence with his dead wife's distant cousin that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasn't. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped t...more
Sir Phillip knew from his correspondence with his dead wife's distant cousin that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasn't. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped t...more
Mass Market Paperback, 372 pages
Published
June 24th 2003
by Avon
(first published January 1st 2003)
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Jul 13, 2009
Eastofoz
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5 of 5 stars
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Quinn hits another 5 stars with this latest addition to the Bridgerton series. It’s brilliantly written, fun, funny, serious and heart-warming all at the same time with a nice dollop of steam to go with it ;)
The novel starts out with Eloise Bridgerton’s quest to find a husband because she’s feeling spinsterish at the ripe old age of 28. Everything starts when she sends out a standard condolence note to her cousin’s husband. After corresponding for some time he decides he wants to meet her and th...more
The novel starts out with Eloise Bridgerton’s quest to find a husband because she’s feeling spinsterish at the ripe old age of 28. Everything starts when she sends out a standard condolence note to her cousin’s husband. After corresponding for some time he decides he wants to meet her and th...more
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It started off with a letter, and turned out to be a correspondence that lasted well over a year, but when Eloise Bridgerton is asked an marriage proposal through a missive she’s a leery to even think about it, but when an event of marriage between her best friend and fellow spinster takes place, Eloise feels this may be her last chance at marriage and love.
Sir Phillip Crane is speechless when a beautiful woman appears on his doorstep, this couldn’t be the woman he’s been writing to? He image...more
Sir Phillip Crane is speechless when a beautiful woman appears on his doorstep, this couldn’t be the woman he’s been writing to? He image...more
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My Review
Well, what is there to say that hasn’t already been said? This is yet another fun installment of the Bridgerton series. I enjoyed the storyline, as it was different from the others, more unique – a nice change of pace from the usual plot in so many of today’s Historical Romances.
*sigh* I really, really loved Sir Phillip. What a tortured soul! What a brave man! What a sexy hunk of man-flesh. *sigh*
Eloise, with her common sense ways and affection for children which comes from being part...more
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Mar 16, 2010
Lady Valee
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Owww! Wow! I have to say that Julia Quinn did it again. I adored this book. It was so good that I finished it in 8 hours and read it without stopping. I believe this has been the best book in the series so far. I know most of you won't agree but IMHO it was much better than the first 4 books. Books 1 and 2 were amazing but this one just got me sobbing many times, LOL.
Phillip and Eloise were such an amazing couple, just perfect for each other, exactly what they needed. The chemistry between both...more
Phillip and Eloise were such an amazing couple, just perfect for each other, exactly what they needed. The chemistry between both...more
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To Sir Philip with Love is another solid entry in the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn. Eloise is a 28 year old spinster. She has had other offers but was rich enough that she didn't have to marry for financial reasons.
Eloise's best friend (whom she assumed would never marry) marries her brother (the plot of Romancing Mr. Bridgerton, the 4th book in the series.) Eloise panics. She has been corresponding with a widow and on impulse goes to stay with him. He has offered marriage if upon meeting th...more
Eloise's best friend (whom she assumed would never marry) marries her brother (the plot of Romancing Mr. Bridgerton, the 4th book in the series.) Eloise panics. She has been corresponding with a widow and on impulse goes to stay with him. He has offered marriage if upon meeting th...more
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Review: 4.5 / 5
This series is quickly becoming one of my favorite historical romance series...probably a top favorite among the historical-England set. I really enjoyed this addition to the series. It had me hooked in right from the start.
Series Note:
Probably should read this series in order.
Summary:
In her late twenties, Eloise Bridgerton is firmly considered a spinster. It's not that she doesn't want to marry; she just hasn't found anyone remotely worth marrying. She was okay with being a spins...more
This series is quickly becoming one of my favorite historical romance series...probably a top favorite among the historical-England set. I really enjoyed this addition to the series. It had me hooked in right from the start.
Series Note:
Probably should read this series in order.
Summary:
In her late twenties, Eloise Bridgerton is firmly considered a spinster. It's not that she doesn't want to marry; she just hasn't found anyone remotely worth marrying. She was okay with being a spins...more
I give this book 3.5 stars. When I first started reading it, I thought I would really like it. As a matter of fact, I really enjoyed it up until around the time that Sir Phillip and Eloise got married. I really liked Eloise's character and was hoping for a better story for her, but I suppose she and Phillip did suit each other. He really did need someone like her in his life. This story is probably most like the kinds of things that really did happen in the 1800's. If a man was widowed with chil...more
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At eight and twenty, Eloise has been on the shelf for quite some time. Despite previous marriage proposals, Eloise never thought she’d find herself in this position, alone. With her best friend Penelope, happily married off to her brother, Colin no less, Eloise tries to take her life into her own hands.
It all starts with a letter to Sir Phillip offering him her deepest sympathises on his wife’s recent death. As is polite, Sir Phillips sends a letter back with a small gi...more
At eight and twenty, Eloise has been on the shelf for quite some time. Despite previous marriage proposals, Eloise never thought she’d find herself in this position, alone. With her best friend Penelope, happily married off to her brother, Colin no less, Eloise tries to take her life into her own hands.
It all starts with a letter to Sir Phillip offering him her deepest sympathises on his wife’s recent death. As is polite, Sir Phillips sends a letter back with a small gi...more
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This is my second time reading "To Sir Phillip, with Love" and I loved it as much now as I did the first time. Julia Quinn has an engaging, if uncomplicated style of writing that entertains and keeps the reader going from the beginning until the end. I think she will remain one of my favorite romance authors for a while.
I particularly like Eloise as a character, for she is the type of strong female lead I like to read about. And Sir Phillip is quite a nice male lead, as well. I thought the story...more
I particularly like Eloise as a character, for she is the type of strong female lead I like to read about. And Sir Phillip is quite a nice male lead, as well. I thought the story...more
I went into this Julia Quinn Bridgerton family book thinking I wouldn't like it as much as some of the others in the series. However, I was delightfully surprised to find that I was deeply moved by the book.
The children in this book had many scenes that made me giggle out loud. The last 30 pages of the book brought some tears to my eyes. It was a very good read. I love this series!!!!
The children in this book had many scenes that made me giggle out loud. The last 30 pages of the book brought some tears to my eyes. It was a very good read. I love this series!!!!
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This Bridgerton book took on a slightly darker tone then all the others. Phillip’s wife commits suicide leaving him alone with their twins. His wife was never happy, never a real mother to their children and they were never in love. He tried his hardest to make her happy and nothing worked. He felt like a failure to her, his kids and his past keeps him from being an involved father that his kids need. He was abused by his father, beat, whipped, he suffere...more
This Bridgerton book took on a slightly darker tone then all the others. Phillip’s wife commits suicide leaving him alone with their twins. His wife was never happy, never a real mother to their children and they were never in love. He tried his hardest to make her happy and nothing worked. He felt like a failure to her, his kids and his past keeps him from being an involved father that his kids need. He was abused by his father, beat, whipped, he suffere...more
I didn't enjoy this one as much as I did the first four. The only thing I really enjoyed about the book was that the rest of the Bridgerton's were in it.
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Julia Quinn delivers another heartwarming love story of the Bridgerton family. It is a two-fold love story that explores the love for one's family and for one's spouse (as do all of the novels in the series). Eloise Bridgerton is well on her way to spinsterhood at eight and twenty until she begins a written correspondence with Sir Phillip Crane. Sir Phillip is recently widowed with twins and looking for someone to run his household and mother his children. After they are caught in a compromising...more
Another great love story by Julia Quinn, and although this one took me longer to finish I could never give it less than 4 stars.
This is the fifth one in the Bridgertons's series and it tells Eloise's story, starting off right where the previous book Romancing Mister Bridgerton ended. Eloise was feeling kind of left out after her dear, lifelong friend Penelope married her hunky brother Colin, so she accepts a gentleman's -Sir Phillip's- offer to visit him and stay at his house for a few days to...more
This is the fifth one in the Bridgertons's series and it tells Eloise's story, starting off right where the previous book Romancing Mister Bridgerton ended. Eloise was feeling kind of left out after her dear, lifelong friend Penelope married her hunky brother Colin, so she accepts a gentleman's -Sir Phillip's- offer to visit him and stay at his house for a few days to...more
), finding out in return that this widower was looking for a wife not really for romance purposes, but to take care of the house affairs and especially to tame his two children.
I very much enjoyed To Sir Phillip, With Love. Maybe because the previous book,
Romancing Mister Bridgerton, the reader is left off wondering why Eloise left so abruptly and I was anticipating what she was up to in this book.
The beginning of the book started off with why Sir Phillip was writing letters to Eloise and his justification for why he is searching for a wife. When Eloise appears at Sir Phillip's doorstep he is surprised this beauty is a spinster and has traveled across the country to...more
Romancing Mister Bridgerton, the reader is left off wondering why Eloise left so abruptly and I was anticipating what she was up to in this book. The beginning of the book started off with why Sir Phillip was writing letters to Eloise and his justification for why he is searching for a wife. When Eloise appears at Sir Phillip's doorstep he is surprised this beauty is a spinster and has traveled across the country to...more
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A great romance with two very different leading characters, both vividly written and complex (+ perfect for each other) (4 stars)
[May 1824, Gloucestershire:] To Sir Phillip, With Love is Julia Quinn's fifth Bridgerton book and one of the only ones (besides for When He Was Wicked) in the series that I had not yet read. It was a complete delight and after being disappointed (sometimes *severely*) in all of the post-Bridgerton books I have read by Quinn, it was great to once again read something b...more
[May 1824, Gloucestershire:] To Sir Phillip, With Love is Julia Quinn's fifth Bridgerton book and one of the only ones (besides for When He Was Wicked) in the series that I had not yet read. It was a complete delight and after being disappointed (sometimes *severely*) in all of the post-Bridgerton books I have read by Quinn, it was great to once again read something b...more
A very sweet romance. Phillip and Eloise had been corresponding for a year after the death of his wife. Out of the blue Phillip has asked Eloise to come to his house and see if they suit in order that she might marry him. Kind of like your online dating except 1800s style.
Of course they are neither one what the other expects, plus Phillip forgot to mention that he has two unruly children. Eloise is sure they won't suit and then Phillip kisses her and all thoughts of leaving have kind of flew ou...more
Of course they are neither one what the other expects, plus Phillip forgot to mention that he has two unruly children. Eloise is sure they won't suit and then Phillip kisses her and all thoughts of leaving have kind of flew ou...more
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It all started with a note... To Sir Phillip With Love is my favorite Bridgerton novel up to date. It is the story of Eloise Bridgerton and Phillip Crane. A friendship that bloomed from a simple note into pure love. Eloise wanted the perfect man while Sir Phillip wanted someone to mother his twin children. What they both got neither expected. A must read for all believers in true love.
Somewhere in the beginning of the book Eloise reflects that she's spent most of her life looking for a good conversation. It is clear, pretty much from the get-go, that the last person Eloise is going to get a good conversation from is Phillip.
The main thrust of the book is Sir Phillip's character development. He's a stodgy, solitary botanist whose depressive wife dies and leaves him with eight year old twins. His first thought, aside from being glad she's dead, and guilty that he's glad, is tha...more
The main thrust of the book is Sir Phillip's character development. He's a stodgy, solitary botanist whose depressive wife dies and leaves him with eight year old twins. His first thought, aside from being glad she's dead, and guilty that he's glad, is tha...more
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As a disclaimer, I must say I am VERY lenient with historical accuracy. I want to read a novel, not a reference book. BUT this has too many historical inaccuracies in connection with the plot that the entire plot would fall apart if anything was historical accurate.
1. How on earth were these two--unmarried lady and gentlemen--communicating with letters for so long without anyone knowing? To quote so many HR books: It wasn't done.
2. Why would a lady of good standing go to basically live with a ma...more
1. How on earth were these two--unmarried lady and gentlemen--communicating with letters for so long without anyone knowing? To quote so many HR books: It wasn't done.
2. Why would a lady of good standing go to basically live with a ma...more
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Eloise's book overlaps with the tail-end of Colin's - she wasn't lying when she said she was a diligent correspondent, surprise! Having started a correspondence with a widower, she escapes from Daphne's ball (in Romancing Mister Bridgerton) to travel to Sir Phillip's home at his invitation to see if they will suit as husband and wife (this had me cracking up just a bit - Eloise and Phillip's story is the Regency version of Sarah, Plain and Tall: lots of innuendo, naughtier children, special lice...more
HR kali ini seputar cerita Eloise B. 28 tahun, udah dianggap perawan tua tidak menyurutkan keinginan eloise tuk menikah karena cinta. dilamar berpa kali pun, tidak ada yg berhasil menarik perhatiannya. mungkin krn eloise a/ perempuan yg senang mengobrol dan melakukan sesuatu, pakem yg bertentangan dg karakter wanita yg ingin dijadikan istri pd umumnya. namun keraguan mulai muncul dlm hatinya semenjak teman akrabnya, Penelope, teman sesama perawan tua, bertunangan dg abang eloise, Colin (novel ke...more
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Wow, how much did I hate this book? I mean, completely fucking hated? Eloise and the children were beyond delightful, and if this had just been a book about Eloise and the children I would have loved it to pieces, but no.
No it was not.
I am ridiculously upset that Eloise got stuck with a piece of shit like Sir Phillip, when all of her siblings get wonderful husbands (I assume). There is literally nothing I liked about Phillip. Nothing. I would like to be able to give him some leeway by saying tha...more
No it was not.
I am ridiculously upset that Eloise got stuck with a piece of shit like Sir Phillip, when all of her siblings get wonderful husbands (I assume). There is literally nothing I liked about Phillip. Nothing. I would like to be able to give him some leeway by saying tha...more
Freaking Bridgertons. They have managed to ruin any semblance of a normal sleep schedule that I had (which was not much to begin with, BUT STILL.)
I really liked the change of scenery in this one, and the fact that both Eloise and Phillip felt like such grownups, which is not a judgment call on the other Bridgertons, just an appreciation of the sense of practicality between them. They've both been to the rodeo before, so to speak, and though romance would be nice (and they do have good chemistry)...more
I really liked the change of scenery in this one, and the fact that both Eloise and Phillip felt like such grownups, which is not a judgment call on the other Bridgertons, just an appreciation of the sense of practicality between them. They've both been to the rodeo before, so to speak, and though romance would be nice (and they do have good chemistry)...more
Oct 03, 2011
Lori McD
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4 of 5 stars
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This was probably the most unexpected of all the books in this series that I've read so far. Then again, Eloise is certainly capable of doing the most unexpected things!
At the end of the previous book (or was it in that book's Epilogue II?), we discovered that Eloise had run away into the country and spent several days in a widowers' home. We also discovered that Eloise and this man, who turns out to be Sir Phillip, were forced by convention to marry. (There was no chaperone in the house while s...more
At the end of the previous book (or was it in that book's Epilogue II?), we discovered that Eloise had run away into the country and spent several days in a widowers' home. We also discovered that Eloise and this man, who turns out to be Sir Phillip, were forced by convention to marry. (There was no chaperone in the house while s...more
Another wonderful instalment in the Bridgerton series.
I really like Julie Quinn’s wit, she has had me chuckling throughout all of her novels. There are some disagreements between Eloise and Phillip where he has no clue why he’s in trouble and I could feel Eloise's exasperation trying to explain it to him and the fact that he still doesn’t get it just has a touch of reality to it.
As with all the Bridgerton novels there’s a light side and a more serious side which makes her romance novels just a...more
I really like Julie Quinn’s wit, she has had me chuckling throughout all of her novels. There are some disagreements between Eloise and Phillip where he has no clue why he’s in trouble and I could feel Eloise's exasperation trying to explain it to him and the fact that he still doesn’t get it just has a touch of reality to it.
As with all the Bridgerton novels there’s a light side and a more serious side which makes her romance novels just a...more
Although this has not been one of my favorite books by JQ her trademark wit and humor along with likeable characters are still present in this story. This is Eloise's story and this story picks up where Romancing Mr. Bridgerton left off. We now know where Eloise headed at the end of the story. She is off to begin her adventure. Eloise has no idea what she's in for!
Sir Philip Crane is a botanist and father of twins and has no idea how to go about raising them. Plants he knows, kids are a totally...more
Sir Philip Crane is a botanist and father of twins and has no idea how to go about raising them. Plants he knows, kids are a totally...more
4.5 stars
I've come to realize that Julia Quinn is a literary mastermind. I know I've rated this book a little lower than the previous four, but that has to do more with my personal feelings than Julia Quinn's writing capablities. Just as the previous four, this book is packed with emotion--both good and bad. It's witty, entertaining, and pretty darn fabulous. So, why, you ask, did I give it four and a half stars instead of five? It's mainly because the rest of the Bridgerton clan was barely pres...more
I've come to realize that Julia Quinn is a literary mastermind. I know I've rated this book a little lower than the previous four, but that has to do more with my personal feelings than Julia Quinn's writing capablities. Just as the previous four, this book is packed with emotion--both good and bad. It's witty, entertaining, and pretty darn fabulous. So, why, you ask, did I give it four and a half stars instead of five? It's mainly because the rest of the Bridgerton clan was barely pres...more
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