The Rebel and the Rose

By Joan Wolf

Book Overview

Lovely British aristocrat Lady Barbara Carr is wed to the wealthy Virginian Alan Maxwell in order to pay her father's debts and finds herself torn between conflicting loyalties during the turmoil of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451153820
• ISBN13: 9780451153821
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Older is most times BETTER! ! ! !

On my KEEPER shelf. Spring of 1773 in England. Lady Barbara Maxwell, a confirmed Englishwoman, is about to be married off - against her wishes - to Rebel American Alan Maxwell. This is the story of their romance and the Revolutionary war that was the background of their story. I would recommend this book to anyone, especially to romance readers that are history buffs also...like me.

A Family Saga...

The Rebel and the Rose starts in the Spring of 1773 in England. Lady Barbara Maxwell, a confirmed Englishwoman, is about to be married off - against her wishes - to Rebel American Alan Maxwell. This book is different from the Regency romances that Joan Wolf usually writes. It is more of a romantic, family saga. Beginning with Barbara and Alan's courtship in England, the book takes us to America as the first shot is fired, through the long and bitter Revolutionary war, to the end when Barbara and Alan have been married for over 15 years. It is not only a journey through American history, but a journey through one couple's marriage - a couple brought up in two different lands, believing in two different governments. Barbara and Alan's marriage parallels the war - it's rocky beginnings, it's total isolation, it's eventual uneasy peace and finally its acceptance and love. This is an excellent book that I would recommend not only to romance readers, but also history lovers.