Bright Captivity (Book One of the Georgia Trilogy) [Mass Market Paperback]

Eugenia Price (Author)

Book Description

Series: Georgia Trilogy | Publication Date: July 15, 1996

Eugenia Price has long shared with her millions of devoted readers her fascination with St. Simons Island and the families who built their lives in that beautiful corner of Georgia. Bright Captivity opens in the last days of the War of 1812, when the British invade the southern United States, and a young officer of the British Royal Marines takes one very special prisoner...

Anne Couper knew that one day love would come for her-love for one man, endless and abiding. But she never expected that the very first time she looked into the eyes of Lieutenant John Fraser on her eighteenth birthday she would see there the certainty that this man, her enemy, loved her as deeply as she loved him. The lush plantation of Dungeness would become her prison, the man she loved would be her jailer, and together they would learn that while love offers joy, it also brings harsh choices.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Legions of fans will undoubtedly welcome another warm historical saga from Price ( Stranger in Savannah ). In this first volume of a projected trilogy, she chronicles a passionate (yet decorous) romance, basing her characters on real persons. Anne Couper is celebrating her 18th birthday when the British capture St. Simon's Island, Ga., during the War of 1812. She and a group of her houseguests are held in a far from onerous captivity, and Anne and handsome Lt. John Fraser of the Royal Marines fall in love. Their courtship and marriage create numerous conflicts. Should John accept Anne's father's generous offer of a plantation on St. Simon's Island? Can he, the consummate soldier, regain his commission after the war and rejoin his regiment? The young couple is given counsel and love from a host of agreeable family members and friends, including Anne's distant cousin, a Scottish lord, and his friend author Walter Scott. Anne and John, at times colorless, are far too well bred to display conflict or excitement, yet the book springs to life in its descriptions both of the lush landscape of a Georgia plantation and the wild, primitive highlands of Scotland. 150,000 first printing; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selections.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

"Price deftly combines fiction and history into a passionate tale."--Rave Reviews

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 613 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (July 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312959680
• ISBN-13: 978-0312959685
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #972,885 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars romantic without being dirty, spiritual,intriguing,fascinati, June 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bright Captivity (Book One of the Georgia Trilogy) (Mass Market Paperback)

Eugenia Price is a very spiritual writer with a lotof love to go around.I've read everything I can get by her and even went to her island about 4 years ago and toured around the island right down to the cemeteries where some of the characters were buried.A very fascinating book, as are all her books.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't put it down., May 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bright Captivity (Book One of the Georgia Trilogy) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was captivating. The characters were well defined, the descriptions were vivid, the plotline was rivoting. I was completely swept away with Anne and John's love story and with Anne's love of her homeland and family. I can't wait to read the rest of the series.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars St. Simon's Island: A Memoir, June 17, 2001

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Jewell Goodman (Pisgah Forest, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bright Captivity (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Georgia Trilogy) (School & Library Binding)

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this wonderful lady's memoir. I have been reading her books for years and lost track of her for a while. I read the book she wrote to her readers and it was copyrighted in 1992. What I'm wondering - what is her very latest book? Doing a calculation, I think she must be in her mid-80's and I wonder if she and Joyce are still part of the famous Islanders on our favorite vacation spot, St. Simon's?. Thank you.