The Courtesan: A Novel
by Susan Carroll
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Author: Susan CarrollEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-07-26
ISBN: 0345437977
Number of pages: 534
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Book Review: A Must Read for Susan Carroll Fans!
Summary: 5 Stars
About 6 mo ago I read the first book in the trilogy, The Dark Queen and fell in love with the story and the characters. I have been itching to read the Courtesan ever since then. This story was delightful! It carries on the story of the Cheney sisters with Gabrielle and her life as a courtesan and separation from her sister Ariane and Miri. Gabrielle thinks this is the life she was always after, but deep inside knows shes not happy. She greives the death of Nicholas Remy, then things take a dramatic turn, Remy is alive! He didn't die that bloody Massacre of St. Bartholomew night. Her life isn't necessarily jeopardized, but definitely turned upside down. Her ambitions of seducing Henry of Navarre become apparently over. Her heart is with Remy and no matter how she might try and deny herself this truth, it slams into her like a train.
Catherine de Medici isn't really the focus in this book like she was in the dark Queen. We also get a glimpse of Ariane and Renard and their difficulties having a child. Miri also joins the story along with her once childhood love Simon Aristide now know as the witch hunter Le Balafre (this character is not the same as the historical duc de Guise).
A new witch is also introduced in the story, Cassandra Lascelles. Cassandra is at first a friend of Gabrielle's. She is shrouded in mystery in this book and is in bits and pieces. But I feel she is a character set up to be prominent in the following novel, The Silver Rose. So I guess we shall see!
I really can't wait to read The Silver Rose and find out what happens in this story of the Cheney women of Fair Isle. I absolutely love Susan Carroll's stories! I love how she intertwines history with fiction into one seamless story. A job well done indeed.
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