false 2402259 8 2409392 12 7 2007 The Rose of Sebastopol total:223|5:26|4:83|3:79|2:28|1:7| 223 762 418 61 4 1 false false Mon Dec 08 11:20:52 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 05 08:56:00 -0800 2009 It is the time of The Crimean War, and passionate though impetuous Rosa Barr abandons her stale London life to nurse the wounded. When Rosa vanishes, her cousin and our narrator, Mariella takes it upon herself to find her. Only Mariella is Rosa’s opposite; dutiful, loyal and dull. Mariell...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 12:23:56 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 04:20:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 11:47:21 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 11:53:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 19:49:46 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 11:35:51 -0700 2009 The Rose of Sebastopol proved to be a more interesting read than I initially thought it would be. The first couple hundred pages were slow, but things began to pick up as the questions multiplied.

At first, I didn't care for Mariella -- I thought her mindset was too narrow, and she was wa...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 04 18:12:42 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 18:17:26 -0700 2009
The plot concerns Mariella Lingwood, a well-to-do and very proper Victor...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 09:51:39 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 07:17:54 -0700 2009
Review is here: Please read with caution as it contains spoilers. I have tried to word my review so as not to provide a summary of the story (that's not what you want to read). I have tried to word it so you can decide whether or not this is a book which you wan...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 29 02:35:14 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 14:33:21 -0700 2009 I was not d...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 06:32:12 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 06:48:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 08 20:13:14 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 19:09:52 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 20:13:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 02:51:37 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 13:57:07 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 02:22:43 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 09:01:44 -0700 2009 1
The book is the story of two cousins Rosa and Mariella at the time of the Crimean War, two ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 03:33:02 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 09 23:38:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 14 07:57:45 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 03:00:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 19:13:31 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 10:09:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 17 12:59:56 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 13:18:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 18:56:30 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 18:59:26 -0700 2009 This is a very good historical romance - in the modern term, ie romance with a historical setting - darker than usual, absorbing and a page turner; it just does not transcends its genre which is not a big favorite of mine, so only four stars from me, but if you love romance books set a while ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 07:22:42 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 07:30:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 10:15:58 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 21:04:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 09:31:26 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 02:15:53 -0700 2009 Possible my current mood, but I really have not enjoyed reading this at all.
One good thing, though. I am determined now to find some information about Florence Nightingale an...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 13:39:33 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 13:41:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2402260