Ceremony of the Innocent [Hardcover]

Taylor Caldwell (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 350 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services; Abridged edition (April 28, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0002221136
• ISBN-13: 978-0002221139
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,592,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic, October 23, 1998

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Marjorie E. Miller (Mossyrock, Washington USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ceremony of the Innocent (Mass Market Paperback)

My first Taylor Caldwell book and I can't wait to read more of her works. Initially, I was reluctant to read this novel---from its outward appearance, it closely resembles a romance novel. Indeed, there is romance, but the overriding theme is the political message which the reader cannot help but relate to what is happening in (to) our country today. I intend to buy more copies and distribute them to my friends.....

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece! I recommend Ceremony of the Innocent..., April 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Ceremony of the Innocent (Hardcover)

especially to any young girl for more than the reading pleasure, which will keep her pressed to the pages, as she follows Ellen Watson, but for an understanding of structural American hisory, and politics. In a unique romantic novel, Taylor Caldwell, draws you intimately closer to Ellen and, therefore, America. With an affection towards her success from her youth through the developing years into maturity and her impending destruction, you will be led into a true understanding and respect for our country.

Interesting as government and politics are to me, MOST literature on the subjects are intensely boring and do not flow well. Romance novels are horrifying to me, filled with the tiniest details of someone else's limiting imagination. This book captured me WITH the romantic story and surprised me with its analogical parallel to our United States, government, and politics.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a beautiful mixture of fact and fiction, August 16, 2000

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dan friedman (ridge, ny USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ceremony of the Innocent (Mass Market Paperback)

To the conspiracy addicts, it a great book. She minces no words. She comes right out with it, from the hip and, especially, from the heart. To the romance set, she is superb. Delicately bringing man and God together, where they should have been all along.

A truly fine book. One I will always cherish. She has grave concerns about our country. She has in depth insight into human nature and, above all, she places God where He belongs: in all human endeavors.