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The Dresden Finch
8 Cassettes, complete and Unabridged. 9 hours, 33 minutes.
- GenresFiction
305 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1976
About the author
Jessica Stirling
74 books18 followersA pseudonym used by Hugh C. Rae, initially in collaboration with Peggie Coghlan and later alone.
Hugh Crauford Rae was born on November 22, 1935 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, son of Isobel and Robert Rae. He published his first stories aged 11 in the Robin comic, winning a cricket bat the same year in a children’s writing competition. After graduating from secondary school, he worked as an assistant in the antiquarian department of John Smith's bookshop. At work, he met her future wife, Elizabeth. Published since 1963, he started to wrote suspense novels as Hugh C. Rae, but he also used the pseudonyms of Robert Crawford, R.B. Houston, Stuart Stern (with S. Ungar) and James Albany. On 1973, his novel "The Shooting Gallery" was nominee by the Edgar Award. On 1974, he wrote the first few romance novels with Peggie Coghlan, using the popular pseudonym Jessica Stirling. However, when she retired 7 years after the first book was published, he continued writing more than 30 on his own, and also as Caroline Crosby. His female pseudonyms first became widely known in 1999, when "The Wind from the Hills" was shortlisted for Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Widowed nine years ago, Hugh died on September 24, 2014 at the age of 78.
Hugh Crauford Rae was born on November 22, 1935 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, son of Isobel and Robert Rae. He published his first stories aged 11 in the Robin comic, winning a cricket bat the same year in a children’s writing competition. After graduating from secondary school, he worked as an assistant in the antiquarian department of John Smith's bookshop. At work, he met her future wife, Elizabeth. Published since 1963, he started to wrote suspense novels as Hugh C. Rae, but he also used the pseudonyms of Robert Crawford, R.B. Houston, Stuart Stern (with S. Ungar) and James Albany. On 1973, his novel "The Shooting Gallery" was nominee by the Edgar Award. On 1974, he wrote the first few romance novels with Peggie Coghlan, using the popular pseudonym Jessica Stirling. However, when she retired 7 years after the first book was published, he continued writing more than 30 on his own, and also as Caroline Crosby. His female pseudonyms first became widely known in 1999, when "The Wind from the Hills" was shortlisted for Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Widowed nine years ago, Hugh died on September 24, 2014 at the age of 78.
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September 24, 2011
Since there is no review, I have taken it upon myself to write it for my fellow good-readers !
Escaping with her governess from the wretched clutches of her domineering stepmother, the lovely Sophy Richmond soon found herself deep in the arms of a handsome young Hussar. It was then that she learned the terrible price if illicit love...
The affair was fiery but brief. He was called to the front , leaving her to cry over a passion that ended as suddenly as it had begun, but scarred her conscience and dashed her hopes of ever meeting a man whom she could call her husband...
The she met Leon de Nerval, a wealthy business man. They married and it seemed that happiness was hers, until she was threatened by the haunting shadow of the past, the still-remembered flames of a passion that would not let her escape...
Escaping with her governess from the wretched clutches of her domineering stepmother, the lovely Sophy Richmond soon found herself deep in the arms of a handsome young Hussar. It was then that she learned the terrible price if illicit love...
The affair was fiery but brief. He was called to the front , leaving her to cry over a passion that ended as suddenly as it had begun, but scarred her conscience and dashed her hopes of ever meeting a man whom she could call her husband...
The she met Leon de Nerval, a wealthy business man. They married and it seemed that happiness was hers, until she was threatened by the haunting shadow of the past, the still-remembered flames of a passion that would not let her escape...
May 17, 2019
I can't resist the odd historical romance. I picked up a copy of this in the charity book collection at our local Tesco on a whim. It made for a pleasant couple of day's reading and a nice change from the books I normally tend to go for.
June 2, 2024
I wish the h could have been more beloved, or at least likeable, then I would have liked this story, but I just couldn't like or care about her at all, so it was a DNF for me.
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