The explorer, by Frances Parkinson Keyes.

By: Frances Parkinson Keyes

A customer wrote a review that states the book is about "an aristocratic but sheltered poor spinster who caught the eye of Nicholas, a famous explorer, who wanted to marry heron on a moment's notice so he could have an heir but required her to remain home while he leads fabulous expeditions into South America. Margaret agrees and this is the story of his and her separate lives and their emotional growth over time. Although this story stretches from the Beltway to the Amazon, the main locale is Margaret's old family estate outside Alexandria, VA (Virginia being one of author Keyes favorite locales). This story is slightly perverse and very-old school as Marrgaret is a virgin and Nicholas is the domineering sexual aggressor whose "appetites" must be satisfied. However, our heroine finally does come into her own and the tables actually turn in a most satisfying way."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000NS3D2Q
• Release Date: January 1964
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Length: 433 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.2" x 8.2"