Velvet Shadows

By Andre Norton

Book Overview

Tamaris Penfold was hired as a companion to Alain Sauvage's frail but lovely half-sister, Victorine. She would be a "friend" who would try to protect her from another scandalous involvement--like the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449231356
• ISBN13: 9780449231357
• Release Date: November 1980
• Publisher: Fawcett Books
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful combo of gothic and post gold rush California

Told in traditional gothic's heroine's first person voice, this is a very good example of Norton's world building even when that world is the straitlaced world of high Victorian America. Both coasts are covered but it centers on San Francisco. Very good detail on period settings and clothing while holding to a very realistic appraisal of the rigid morals and confines for women ot that time. The heroine does it all but the hero does make a proper entrance from time to time and comes through at the end. Some very very good characterizations of a whole multitude of cast members.