The Palace of Tears
by Alev Lytle Croutier
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Author: Alev Lytle CroutierEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-01-02
ISBN: 0385334915
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Delta
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Book Review: A tale of love, obsession and fate
Summary: 4 Stars
Story:
Casimir is a sucessful vineyard owner who takes a trip to paris circa 1869 to further his craft and to lift the bordem that he feels has taken over his life. One day while working the social circles of paris he comes upon the minitaure of a strange woman, one eye is blue the other is yellow. Instantly in love Casimir sets off to find this strange woman. His quest will lead him far from his current life to the "city of the world's desire" where he will have to overcome many obstacles to finally be with the woman he was born to love.
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I don't normally read these types of books, but thats the point of chosing random one's from the libary. This is a romance that is almost written as poetry. The chapters are very short and the scenes are very well described, it is very easy to picture what is going on. As far as the story goes it doesn't get real complicated, which I'm sure is to show that the two main characters were meant to be together no matter what. The main character also doesn't show much concern in leaving his past life behind and the reader doesn't get much of a idea of what his wife and children thought of the whole thing. There is also quite of bit of history mixed in which is interesting, the book also gets into the why's and wherefores of the sultans kingdom and some of the traditions and history of it which is also interesting (never heard of the living dolls before)and moves the stor along as the main character moves in the background at important events. To Summarize I liked the story at the core of the book, though I wish some of the supporting characters had been given some screen time and some parts where a little too much romantic poetry but I would definetley recommend this to any one who is interested in historical romances and those who like romances that deal with "star crossed" lovers.
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