Forever Amber

Forever Amber
by Kathleen Winsor

List Price: ~~$19.95~~
Our Price: $10.71
You Save: $9.24 (46%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $5.83 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions

Compare Prices for Forever Amber

Buy this book at online book store in your country
Canada | UK | Germany | France

Book Summary Information

Author: Kathleen Winsor
Foreword: Barbara Taylor Bradford
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-09-01
ISBN: 1556524048
Number of pages: 976
Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Book Reviews of Forever Amber

Book Review: Not Crazy For Amber
Summary: 1 Stars

I gave this book a star only for the historical details, and for Barbara Palmer's side story. Otherwise, I didn't care for it at all. It's very long - which is fine if the content changes to keep your interest - but how many times can one really stand to read about Amber's ongoing infatuation with Bruce Carlton? The man clearly has no intentions toward her being anything more than his mistress, and yet she chases him and chases him and acts like "a silly whore" or "a useless jade" for the entire novel. A poor female character, Amber embodies every stereotype of an ill-bred country innocent. I felt sorry for Bruce Carlton, not Amber, to the point where when he strikes her, I actually was on his side. Enough with her stupidity already!

Write your own review

More Forever Amber reviews:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Summary of Forever Amber

Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England-that of favorite mistress of the Merry Monarch, Charles II. From whores and highwaymen to courtiers and noblemen, from events such as the Great Plague and the Fire of London to the intimate passions of ordinary-and extraordinary-men and women, Amber experiences it all. But throughout her trials and escapades, she remains, in her heart, true to the one man she really loves, the one man she can never have. Frequently compared to Gone with the Wind, Forever Amber is the other great historical romance, outselling every other American novel of the 1940s-despite being banned in Boston for its sheer sexiness. A book to read and reread, this edition brings back to print an unforgettable romance and a timeless masterpiece.

Historical Books

Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction
World Literature > United States > General
Romance > Historical > General
General

Book Subjects

Most talked about in Must Reads for Teenage Girls

THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
by SUE MONK KIDD
PENGUIN BOOKS; Published: 2001; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.89

The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Ballantine Books; Published: 1987-06-01; Paperback; Book

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Harper Fiction)
by Gregory Maguire
Harper; Published: 2007-10-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.89
Price in other shops: ~~$7.99~~

The China Garden
by Liz Berry
HarperTeen; Published: 1999-10-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.86
Price in other shops: ~~$7.99~~

A Northern Light
by Jennifer Donnelly
Harcourt Paperbacks; Published: 2004-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.36
Price in other shops: ~~$8.95~~

Company of Swans
by Eva Ibbotson
Picador; Published: 2008-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.24
Price in other shops: ~~$16.95~~

Just Listen
by Sarah Dessen
Speak; Published: 2008-02-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.60
Price in other shops: ~~$8.99~~

Through a Glass Darkly: A Novel
by Karleen Koen
Sourcebooks Landmark; Published: 2003-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.38
Price in other shops: ~~$16.95~~

Jane Austen: The Complete Novels [JANE AUSTEN]
Penguin Books; Published: 2006-04-30; Unknown Binding; Book
Best price: $25.00

Forever Amber
by Kathleen Winsor
Chicago Review Press; Published: 2000-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.71
Price in other shops: ~~$19.95~~

Similar Books and other products

Dark Angels: A Novel
by Karleen Koen
Three Rivers Press; Published: 2007-05-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.75
Price in other shops: ~~$15.95~~

Royal Harlot: A Novel of the Countess Castlemaine and King Charles II
by Susan Holloway Scott
NAL Trade; Published: 2007-07-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.10
Price in other shops: ~~$14.00~~

Dragonwyck
by Anya Seton
Chicago Review Press; Published: 2005-09-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.94
Price in other shops: ~~$14.95~~

The Winthrop Woman: A Novel
by Anya Seton
Chicago Review Press; Published: 2006-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.20
Price in other shops: ~~$15.95~~

Now Face to Face: A Novel
by Karleen Koen
Three Rivers Press; Published: 2008-01-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.95
Price in other shops: ~~$15.95~~

Green Darkness
by Anya Seton
Chicago Review Press; Published: 2005-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.69
Price in other shops: ~~$14.95~~

Through a Glass Darkly: A Novel
by Karleen Koen
Sourcebooks Landmark; Published: 2003-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.44
Price in other shops: ~~$16.95~~

The Tea Rose: A Novel
by Jennifer Donnelly
St. Martin's Griffin; Published: 2007-12-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.98
Price in other shops: ~~$14.95~~

Devil Water
by Anya Seton
Chicago Review Press; Published: 2007-05-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.46
Price in other shops: ~~$14.95~~

Katherine
by Anya Seton
Chicago Review Press; Published: 2004-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.69
Price in other shops: ~~$14.95~~