Interdits d'Amour

by Diane Haeger

- Posez ce panier ou je tire ! Surpris en flagrant délit de vol d'oranges, Edouard Langston se retourne. Et découvre la plus délicieuse créature qu'il ait rencontrée depuis son arrivée à Delhi. Un visage en forme de coeur et d'immenses yeux verts. Sa silhouette est menue mais adorablement proportionnée. Les lueurs d'or rouge du crépuscule indien la parent de reflets safranés. Campée devant lui, elle le tient en joue d'une main qui ne tremble pas. Edouard la contemple, suffoqué. Qui est-ce ? Peut-être la fille du colonel Lawrence ? jamais une femme n'a produit sur lui un effet aussi... stupéfiant ! Au point qu'il se sent prêt à tout pour la conquérir. Quelques mois plus tard, ivre de bonheur, le capitaine Langston de l'armée des Indes épouse Charlotte Lawrence. Puis il fait monter sa jeune femme dans un palanquin drapé de soie rouge. Destination : Agra, où ils ont choisi de passer leur lune de miel. C'est alors qu'éclate la révolte des Cipayes...

382 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1993

About the author

Diane Haeger is the bestselling author of fifteen published novels, including Courtesan, The Ruby Ring and My Dearest Cecilia. Her work, to date, has been translated into 18 different languages and has been featured in the LA Times and Harper's Bazaar Magazine. She loves telling real stories from history. She lives in California with her husband and family.

Reviews

[Amber · Rating 3 out of 5]

I try not to write summaries of the books because well that's what Amazon and the authors do, I write my feelings about said book or item.

I love Diane Haeger and her writing so as soon as I read one of her books and fell in love, I bought all of her books. Out of all of her books this one is my least favorite. It's not bad but it's not a book I would recommend to her first time readers. While her writing brings you into the sights, sounds, smells, and politics of India and England it feels like something is missing. Not love, as that is evident enough but something. I guess I didn't connect to the characters as much in this book as I did her others. Do these people really belong together? Do the people they claim to love deserve their less than best? Would a woman of Charlotte's character and strength allow things that happen later in the book happen?

This book didn't have me rooting for characters as much I usually do and that's why I gave it three stars. Again, a good book but not her greatest.