false 4681237 5 <p>Delia Chandler, an eighteen-year-old southern girl, marries Viscount Ivor Conisborough just before WWII, and becomes part of the Windsor court. It&#8217;s every girl&#8217;s dream come true. But Delia is jolted from her pleasant life when she realizes, after the birth of her two daughters, that Ivor chose her only to bear an heir to his estate. Shortly thereafter, she begins an affair with her husband&#8217;s handsome, titled, and frequently scandalous best friend. <br><br>When Conisborough is appointed as an adviser to King Fuad of Egypt, Delia exchanges one palace circle for another, far different one.While she regards Egypt as a place of exile, separating her from the man she deeply loves, her two daughters regard Egypt as their home. It is a division of loyalties that becomes increasingly marked as Egypt struggles to free itself from British occupation, and only when war comes to Cairo&#8212;and Delia finally reveals the secret she has kept for so long&#8212;can she begin to heal the divisions separating her from those she loves.<br><br>Rebecca Dean&#8217;s irresistible combination of real events and masterful storytelling will keep readers fascinated until the very last page. <i>Palace Circle </i>is sure to feed the appetite for royal intrigue that has made the <i>Tudors</i> series on Showtime such a success.</p> 4731788 24 3 2009 Palace Circle: A Novel total:131|5:9|4:35|3:52|2:29|1:6| 131 405 430 55 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 4 1 false Tue Mar 31 11:48:57 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 14:13:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 3 0 false Wed Jun 10 11:19:28 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 11:19:35 -0700 2009
Although it sounds like the story is going to focus on Delia it is really broken up into 5 parts. The first follows Delia and how she deals ...more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 2 1 false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 06:55:51 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 07:14:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 0 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed May 13 13:19:07 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 13:19:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 3 0 false Thu Apr 23 15:55:05 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 15:55:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 3 0 false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 09:10:56 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 08:11:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 3 0 false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 13:06:14 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 13:06:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 3 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 12:55:45 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 09:10:19 -0700 2009
The storyline was fascinating but the writing was po...more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 4 0 true Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 18:04:12 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 07:34:03 -0700 2009
Dean weaves her fictional characters into the lives of real people of that era like David the Prince ...more...]]> 6731968 0007268432 9780007268436 1 1 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6731968-palace-circle 3 0 false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 22:22:25 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 22:22:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 5 0 false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 17:49:32 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 15:20:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 3 0 false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 19:08:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 19:15:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 3 0 false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 22:45:04 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 11:47:24 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 3 0 false Wed May 13 12:24:11 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 09:10:23 -0700 2009
Viscount Ivor Conisborough, a forty-year-old widower, marries Delia Chandler, an eighteen-year-old Virginian, to produce an heir, ...more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 4 0 false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 20:48:44 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 18:17:12 -0700 2009 A sweeping story set over 30 years about a woman named Delia and her posterity. Delia is 18 at the s...more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 4 0 false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 07 14:47:16 -0800 2009 Wed May 13 20:37:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 3 0 false Wed Apr 08 21:19:22 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 21:58:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 2 0 false Tue May 19 08:27:15 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 16:23:08 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 08:27:15 -0700 2009
I think this novel tried to do too much in too little space - while we are drawn in to the young Southern girl who marries a British peer, ends up trapped in an unfaithful relationship and...more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 2 0 false Sun Apr 05 17:00:05 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 05:43:08 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 17:00:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4681237 076793055X 9780767930550 130 54 3.09 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4681237.Palace_Circle_A_Novel 3 0 false Thu Jun 04 14:15:40 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 14:19:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/1?book_id=7071595 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/3?book_id=7071595 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/2?book_id=7071595 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7071595 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/4?book_id=7071595 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/5?book_id=7071595 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/6?book_id=7071595 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/7?book_id=7071595 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/9?book_id=7071595 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/10?book_id=7071595