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A Quality of Magic
When her uncle invited her to come out to Africa for a visit, Juliet knew he was hoping for an engagement between herself and her cousin Colin. Juliet wasn’t averse to the idea – until she met the most eligible bachelor in Manitola!
- GenresRomanceHarlequin Romance
288 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1966
About the author
Rose Burghley
17 books4 followersOne of many pseudonyms used by Ida Julia Pollock, née Crowe.
Mrs. Pollack was a British writer of several short-stories and 125 romance novels that were published under her married name and under a number of different pseudonyms: Joan M. Allen; Susan Barrie, Pamela Kent, Averil Ives, Anita Charles, Barbara Rowan, Jane Beaufort, Rose Burghley, Mary Whistler and Marguerite Bell. She has sold millions of copies over her 90-year career. She has been referred to as the "world's oldest novelist" who was still active at 105 and continued writing until her death.
Ida and her husband, Lt Colonel Hugh Alexander Pollock, DSO (1888–1971), a veteran of war and Winston Churchill's collaborator and editor, had a daughter, Rosemary Pollock, who is also a romance writer.
Mrs. Pollack was a British writer of several short-stories and 125 romance novels that were published under her married name and under a number of different pseudonyms: Joan M. Allen; Susan Barrie, Pamela Kent, Averil Ives, Anita Charles, Barbara Rowan, Jane Beaufort, Rose Burghley, Mary Whistler and Marguerite Bell. She has sold millions of copies over her 90-year career. She has been referred to as the "world's oldest novelist" who was still active at 105 and continued writing until her death.
Ida and her husband, Lt Colonel Hugh Alexander Pollock, DSO (1888–1971), a veteran of war and Winston Churchill's collaborator and editor, had a daughter, Rosemary Pollock, who is also a romance writer.
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December 20, 2019
A Harlequin Romance novel from the 1960s? Heck yeah!
I mean, it was dreadful as one would expect from a Harlequin Romance from the '60s. But also great as one would expect from a Harlequin Romance from the '60s...
It did, however, leave me with a very burning curiosity about when people stopped marrying their cousins because I would have thought they'd have been over that by the '60s. But I guess not. This book has kissing cousins, a love triangle, random vamp, a way-too-old love interest, and a girl who is weak, feminine, and always perfectly dressed. It was a bemusing and fascinating glimpse into the early beginnings of this genre.
I mean, it was dreadful as one would expect from a Harlequin Romance from the '60s. But also great as one would expect from a Harlequin Romance from the '60s...
It did, however, leave me with a very burning curiosity about when people stopped marrying their cousins because I would have thought they'd have been over that by the '60s. But I guess not. This book has kissing cousins, a love triangle, random vamp, a way-too-old love interest, and a girl who is weak, feminine, and always perfectly dressed. It was a bemusing and fascinating glimpse into the early beginnings of this genre.
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