Coulter, Catherine. Rosehaven / Catherine Coulter.

Suddenly, Gwent grabbed his wife of four months and hauled her up against him. He kissed her hard, saying into her mouth, “I suffer Alfred in our bed. I do not mind because he stretches out along my back and keeps me very close to you.” He raised his head and shouted, “This is my potion to keep the Healer quiet.”

There was loud cheering in the hall. Even Alice looked up, a smile on her face, but just for a moment.

Trist raised his head from Severin’s chest, batted his paw at Hastings, and settled in again, mewling softly. His babies burrowed closer.

Hastings decided in that moment that she loved the snow and the bitter winds that swirled it into thick white clouds that cascaded down on the great castle of Oxborough.

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4 /-^ <~ r ALSO BY LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman 'A saga in the noblest traditions of the genre. Among de Bernières's skills are an archaeologist's eye for place, a historian's feel for time and place and a musician's ear for tone and tempo - this novel has everything...If Captain Corelli's Mandolin does not hold you in its thrall, it might be worth checking to see if your heart is made of stone' Jasper Rees, Daily Telegraph '**•« '[de Bernières] keeps tragedy and comedy on a tight authorial leash, and does not risk a sentimental drop, or a slide in to melodrama or farce...In Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernières has written a book the stature of Catch-22' Tom Adair, Independent 'Louis de Bernières's astonishing achievement...his work encompasses cruelty, humour, love and friendship, hope and horror...The book is both very funny and profoundly moving, sometimes at the same time. Those who share a fashionable belief that contemporary British fiction is provincial and unambitious should read this book and realise the error of their ways. The rest of us should simply read it for pleasure' Andrew Post, Literary Review 'de Bernières launches us on an epic love story that's positively Odyssean in terms of honour and virtue... a vivid and ambitious canvas' James Christopher, Time Out 'Effortlessly funny and moving' Imogen Lycett Green, Daily Mail 'Four novels in as many years...whole-hearted prose, love of myth and of language...Captain Corelli's Mandolin is a powerful and affecting novel' Nicholas Wroe, The Scotsman

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