Blood Sisters [Kindle Edition]

Melanie Clegg (Author)

Book Description

‘Melanie Clegg draws readers into her world, and holds them fast. Her
storytelling left me longing for more.’ — Susan Higginbotham.

‘A gripping tale of the French Revolution‘ – Catherine Delors.

'Utterly gripping and compulsive reading from the first page' - Victoria Lamb.

'Lavish, Fascinating, Epic.'

'By turns funny, terrifying, gorgeous, poignant, this is a sweeping epic of the French Revolution.'

'If you love good stories with a historical background, then this book is worth a read.'

When the beautiful Comtesse de Saint-Valèry is dragged unwillingly from her Parisian home in the dead of night, her three young daughters are left to an uncertain fate at the hands of their father in a world that is teetering on the very edge of Revolution.

Cassandre, the eldest is a beautiful and heartless society beauty, trapped in an unhappy marriage and part of the dazzling court of Versailles. Lucrèce, her twin, is married to a man she adores but he pushes her away for another woman. Meanwhile, Adélaïde, the youngest, rebels against the destiny that her position in society appears to have doomed her to.

As the horror, turmoil and excitement of the French Revolution unfolds around them, the three very different sisters struggle to survive the bloodshed, find love and discover their true selves…

Product Details

• File Size: 483 KB
• Print Length: 264 pages
• Publisher: Madame Guillotine (August 7, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005GCYP9E
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,607 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #43 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Biographical
  • #65 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Biographical

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Really enjoyable October 22, 2012

By ShoeZQ

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

This is the second book I have read by this author. I can't put her books down! Yes there are some typos but it's really just enjoyable writing. The only negative I have is that I wanted closure on a couple of the characters butthis is just a minor complaint.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Paris Trough a Glass Darkly August 9, 2011

By Mr. Robert Crickard

Format:Kindle Edition

Blood Sisters has an exciting opening layered with undefined threatening menace that intrigues , ensnares and holds the reader. What will become of the narrator and her children? The historical detail is extensive, relevent but low key, bringing authenticity to the fore. The prose is exemplary, brim-full of descriptive power and balanced vivacity, on each page. The pace is optimal, the characters are three dimensional players and most importantly, they are believably real. The dialogue, where it occurs, is logical and the plot does not meander or deviate but moves resolutely forward. One minor and personal quibble is that the title Blood Sisters is not a substantial enough title for a work of this quality but this certainly does not detract from the potency of the work. Robert Davidson. The Tuzla Run

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Read February 23, 2013

By K. Anderson

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I love historical fiction. I particularly enjoy when I learn something about the history because an author has done their research and placed their characters easily within an historical frame. Thank you, Melanie Clegg and I can't wait for your next installment of your books on Marie Antoinette.

More About the Author

Melanie Clegg is a pink haired art history graduate, casual historian, GIN taster, lapsed goth, failed Parisienne, Versailles obsessive, proud Ripperologist, Georgette Heyer fanatic and Victorian Prostitute re-enactor who lives in deepest darkest Somerset with her family but would rather be in either Whitechapel or Paris.

Meticulously researched and elegantly crafted,'The Secret Diary of a Princess' is her first novel and was born from a desire to tell the story of Marie Antoinette from an unusual and yet still fascinating angle, focusing on her early life at the Viennese court, the machinations behind her betrothal to the Dauphin Louis and then finally her initial impressions of her new home, Versailles. All told by Marie Antoinette herself as she grows from an enchanting, wilful child into a poised and beautiful young woman.

Melanie's second book, 'Blood Sisters' is a sweeping and dramatic saga set during the turbulent years of the French Revolution. As the horror, turmoil and excitement of the revolution unfolds around them, three very different sisters struggle to survive the bloodshed, find love and discover their true selves...

Her third novel is 'Before The Storm', an epic tale of love, ambition and betrayal set in eighteenth century London and Paris and based on The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton.

Melanie's fourth novel is 'Minette', the first in a two part series about the life of Charles II's youngest sister Henrietta-Anne Stuart, Duchesse d'Orléans.

She's currently working on a sequel to Minette and a novel about the Ripper murders in 1888.

You can find out more by visiting Melanie's popular art, history and writing blog at www.madameguillotine.org.uk.