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Until the Knight Comes Sue-Ellen Welfonder

Until the Knight Comes By Sue-Ellen Welfonder

Until the Knight Comes by Sue-Ellen Welfonder

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Sue-Ellen Welfonder delivers another sensual tale of romance in medieval Scotland in which a woman is unjustly branded a murderess and forced to flee her home, only to find a love more passionate and true than she ever dreamed possible.

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Until the Knight Comes by Sue-Ellen Welfonder

The last thing newly-dubbed knight Sir Kenneth MacKenzie desires is a wife. In fact, what he both desires and needs is a little solitude and privacy to restore his newly inherited Cuidrach Castle to its former glory. His new social position demands he behave with chivalry and hospitality, even though there is a beautiful and shapely woman claiming to be his wife, living in his home. She has no right to be trespassing in his castle and stealing his name and he has every intention of forcing this beautiful woman out, hospitality be damned!Lady Mariota Macnicol has been burned by love before and she has no intention of letting it happen again. She gave her heart to a golden-tongued man who beguiled her so completely that she sacrificed her dowry, her body, and her good name. Rather than honor that, he died in his mistress's arms and, through some evil machinations, Mariota was branded his murderess. So Mariota took to Cuidrach Castle with a little white lie to keep her location a secret. But Kenneth is unlike any nobleman Mariota has ever encountered...Before long, this man who craved solitude will discover a desire he never thought possible for the stunning and spirited woman passing herself off as his wife. And this "murderess" who no longer believes in love will find a love deeper and more enduring than any she ever thought possible.

Until the Knight Comes Reviews

'I found it absorbing ... testaments such as Janina Bauman's are important and should never be allowed to fade away. The drama of Anne Frank is rightly always before us but the equally vital stories of those who suffered but survived need to be listened to with just as much attention' Margaret Forster 'A profound and moving book which everyone ought to read' Alan Sillitoe, New Statesman 'A magnificent testimony to the people of the ghetto ... a profound autobiographical meditation' NEW SOCIETY 'A deeply moving but surprisingly unselfpitying book, a real pleasure to read' TES 'Incarceration in the Warsaw Ghetto is not an experience one recalls willingly and it took Janina Bauman forty years before she could bring herself to write this book. One is glad she did, both because of the story she has to tell and the skill she displays in telling it ... Although the book makes painful reading, one is frequently reassured by the many instances of almost foolhardy heroism and unfailing goodness' Chaim Bermant, Observer 'A masterpiece. It is told simply and calmly, with complete recall and without flinching. And despite everything it is warm and strong, a story in which the wicked are nameless, the brave and kind lovingly remembered. Janina Bauman is like an Anne Frank who survived ... Janina Bauman was (and is) a brave, intelligent woman, with boundless energy and optimism' Carole Angier, New Society 'The beautifully written story of an ordinary young Jewish girl growing up in extraordinary and horrifying conditions ... Her language is direct and simple: a tone which combines the girl's voice and the adult's retrospective analysis. With endearing frankness she describes her thoughts and emotions of the time, even the frustrated sexuality which made her prone to greet any male visitor to the hiding places - including possible members of the Gestapo - with a moment of irresistible pleasure ... It is a deeply moving but surprisingly unself-pitying book, and a real pleasure to read' Nicola Parker, Times Educational Supplement 'A magnificent testimony to the people of the ghetto and, more particularly, to those whose often anonymous actions ensured the author's unlikely survival. Janina Bauman nevertheless has no interest in romanticising her story. Dehumanisation is here as well as heroism. The blackmailers, the crooks, the ghetto profiteers, the Polish anti-semites - all find their place alongside many examples of extraordinary courage and altruism. The book is also an autobiography of the highest quality' Patrick Wright, New Society 'Janina Bauman's beautifully written memoir of her Jewish childhood in the Warsaw Ghetto and escape beyond its walls offers a remarkable testimony to the durability of the human spirit, even when crushed with adversity' Washington Post Book World ' Using her childhood diaries as a base, Bauman re-creates her family's fight for survival as well as her struggles to develop a sense of her own identity in a world gone mad. Forced behind the walls of the ghetto, Janina slowly becomes inured to the suffering around her. But it is impossible to ignore her growing need for love, her yearning to share her confusion and doubt with someone outside her family - even though she is aware that the person she is reaching out to can at any moment be swept into oblivion ... What makes Bauman's narrative so powerful is that it is filtered through the eyes of an adolescent girl trying to deal with the emotions raging within her: her guilt at having been able to survive and not aiding in the resistance - but also the emotions common to any sixteen-year-old, the need for attention and the sexual awakening that often make her selfish and demanding ... This picture of the human capacity to retain its dignity, its compassion and even its weaknesses in the face of inhuman circumstances gives Bauman's story its lingering power' Kirkus

About Sue-Ellen Welfonder

Sue-Ellen Welfonder was a flight attendant for 15 years, traveling frequently to Great Britain. She is of Scottish descent and is a member of her own clan society, the Clan MacFie. She lives with her husband in Longboat Key, Florida.

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CIN0446617296G
9780446617291
0446617296
Until the Knight Comes by Sue-Ellen Welfonder
Sue-Ellen Welfonder
Used - Good
Paperback
Little, Brown & Company
2006-07-01
400
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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