Rebellion [Paperback]

Jay Taverner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1997

Historical Romance, a lesbian love story. In a feudal world of aristocrats and peasants,The Lady Isabella and her gamekeeper's daughter,Hope,are girls of sixteen. From high society through highway robbery and alongside the perils of war, Hope and Isabella share a passionate coming-of-age.

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About the Author

Jay Taverner was born in England in the 1990s when a long-term lesbian partnership finally merged into a single writing personality. Jacky Bratton and Jane Traies keep bees, renovate old houses and work in education. They spend as much time as possible in the Marches, the setting of Jay Taverner's novels.

Product Details

• Paperback: 238 pages
• Publisher: Onlywomen Pr Ltd (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0906500583
• ISBN-13: 978-0906500583
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #770,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lesbian Historical Romance, February 22, 1998

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I'm a big fan of historical romance novels. I liked the way the author kept the characters and environment in a historical setting. All too often I see so-called historical novels with characters who are behaving like people of the 1990's.
I also liked both of the main characters, Isbella Wiston and Hope Bishop. Isbella Wiston is the daughter of the land-gentry class, while Hope is from peasant type people. Both of the women in the book are quite young, teens or perhaps early twenties. Hope initially meets Isbella when she (Hope) subsitutes as a piper in the all male group of dancers called the Mossmen.
Isbella asks Hope if she will be her maid---or lady in waiting, as it is also known. This pleases Hope, as she has wanted very much to get closer to Isabella.
The political actions of Isbella' s family, involving her two brothers, James and Alistar leds to Isbella and Hope having to flee.
While Isbella & Hope end up in a somewhat unlikely situation at the conclusion of the book, I, nonetheless, found
the novel, over all, quite satisfying.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Well-written romance with a peculiar conclusion, April 14, 2006

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This review is from: Rebellion (Paperback)

I found the book well-written and well-researched in terms of historical authenticity. The most enjoyable aspects of the book for me were the vivid descriptions of the different circumstances of each girl's life and the skillful way the author described their romance coming together. However, once their love was consummated the plot took a very strange turn and I felt that the ending of the book was completely out of nowhere. Suddenly I felt like I was in this sort of 'lesbian separatist' fantasy from the 1990's. However, that may be some people's idea of a happy ending, so... yeah. And in terms of their relationship, it does have a happy ending.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love the book. Its wonderful, romantic and full of hope!, February 13, 1998

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This review is from: Rebellion (Paperback)

Its wonderful, romantic and full of hope! Writing is excellent. Congratulation to the two women who wrote it! More quality lesbian fiction like this is needed.