The Love-Child [Import] [Paperback]

Philippa Carr (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 314 pages
• Publisher: Fontana; paperback / softback edition (1979)
• ISBN-10: 0006164129
• ISBN-13: 978-0006164128
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best in the Series, July 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Love Child (Hardcover)

This is one of the best books in the Carr series, Daughters of England. There is action right from the beginning of the book with some political intrigue and a young romance. The results of this romance lead the heroine, Priscilla, into more intrigue and danger in Venice. Priscilla then makes a sacrifice for her father, a man who had always dismissed her as "just a daughter," and even this sacrifice continues to haunt her and threaten her daughter, Carlotta. Satisfactorily at the end, the father comes to learn of the sacrifice his daughter made for him and realizes that daughters can be even more important than sons. There is a murder at the end of the book that reverberates into the next book in the series, Song of the Siren, which is also excellent.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These books should be more popular!, December 17, 2003

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Jim McLeane - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love Child (Hardcover)

I wish more people would read books by Philippa Carr/Jean Plaidy/Victoria Holt. The books are not in print anymore and it is such a shame! These days it seems that if it is not new and hot off the presses, then why print it or read it! I have been forced to buy most books by authors I like at used bookstores or Amazon.com since I can't buy them new because they are out of print. The Daughters of England series by Philippa Carr is a prime example of good entertaining, moving historical fiction. These would be big sellers if promoted better. I read a lot, and this is one of the tops in my favorite author list.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Cornwall Saga, December 3, 2009

By 

Jessica Russell "Jessica Russell" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Love Child (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the 6th novel in the sensational "Cornwall Saga." It's the story of Priscilla Eversleigh,daughter of the infamous Carleton Eversleigh who saved the family mansion from the roundheads during the English Civil War,one book previous.
As so many books do, this novel does not "sag" in the middle ot become boring. We all know that is one of Ms. Carr/Holts special talents , but in "The Love Child" her skill in this regard is brilliant. I loved following Priscilla and the lovable Harriet to Italy for the secret birth of the soon-to-be-notorious Carlotta.
Any book in The Cornwall Saga can stand alone,however,if you are interested in reading from the beginning,start with; "The Miracle at St. Bruno's;" The story of Damask Farland who lived in the tumultuous time of Henry the Eighth!