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Tapestry
Lady Aveline realized that at the age of twenty most women her age were mothers server times over, cloistered nuns or already dead. Instead she lived quite happily among the holy sisters of Thorney designing magnificent tapestries. So impressive was their needlework that the sisters were commissioned to create a tapestry depicting the Norman conquest of their own Saxon people - overseen by the new high sheriff of London, Renard d'Agounville.
This man was her enemy, yet Aveline found that beneath the hard-muscled exterior of this enemy beat the heart of a caring man. Renard himself could thing of nothing else after only one glance at Aveline's hair of fire and eyes office. As their dangerous passion for each other grew, secret revelations not only threatened their happiness, but also tore at the very foundation of the nation around them.
This man was her enemy, yet Aveline found that beneath the hard-muscled exterior of this enemy beat the heart of a caring man. Renard himself could thing of nothing else after only one glance at Aveline's hair of fire and eyes office. As their dangerous passion for each other grew, secret revelations not only threatened their happiness, but also tore at the very foundation of the nation around them.
352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 28, 1993
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Maura Seger
77 books30 followersMaura Seger was born in 1951. She and her husband, Michael, met while they were both working for the same company. They married after a whirlwind courtship that might have been taken directly from romance novel. She credits her husband's patient support and good humor for helping her fulfill the lifelong dream of being a writer.
Published since 1982, Maura Seger is a prolific novelist, who also wrote under many pseudonyms over time: Maeve Fitzgerald, Anne MacNeill, Jenny Bates, Sara Jennings, Laurel Winslow, Laura Michaels, Laura Hastings, and Josie Litton. She used different pennames to re-invent herself.
She is happily at work on a new novel, because she finds that writing each romance is and adventure filled with fascinating people who never fail to surprise her. When she isn't writing, she keeps busy homeschooling her two children and thinking of new stories. She lives in New England, USA, with her husband, children and menagerie... mostly.
Published since 1982, Maura Seger is a prolific novelist, who also wrote under many pseudonyms over time: Maeve Fitzgerald, Anne MacNeill, Jenny Bates, Sara Jennings, Laurel Winslow, Laura Michaels, Laura Hastings, and Josie Litton. She used different pennames to re-invent herself.
She is happily at work on a new novel, because she finds that writing each romance is and adventure filled with fascinating people who never fail to surprise her. When she isn't writing, she keeps busy homeschooling her two children and thinking of new stories. She lives in New England, USA, with her husband, children and menagerie... mostly.
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October 4, 2015
Closer to 4.5 stars
"Dear Reader,
You are holding the book I dreamed of writing for ten years.
Maura Seger"
TAPESTRY transported the reader to the bleakness of eleventh century England tempered by the premise of peace and the expectation of love. At the time, the people were going through a terrible drought and there was still the uneasy surrender by the Anglo-Saxons from roughly ten years beforehand. Following the conquest, the Anglo-Saxon nobility were either killed, exiled or joined the ranks of the peasantry. The land was now ruled by the Normans.
Ms. Seger took a few liberties when she wrote this fascinating novel. King Edward, Harold Godwinson, William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings were real people and events that took place in an era from long ago. On the other hand, Renard and Aveline, were refreshing characters battling the murkiness, intrigue and politics of this century. Besides their initial strained friendship, pagan-like murders were taking place. The big question was finding out who was doing this and why it had come to pass now.
Renard d'Agounville was the young high sheriff of London. He was a Norman with a Anglo-Saxon monk as his assistant. The religious friar was devoted to him but unafraid of complaining when he thought it was necessary. They made for an very unusual pair of peace officers.
Aveline was a twenty-year-old woman living among nuns but was not a novice. Her constant guard and companion outside the walls of the sanctuary was a massive one-eyed former soldier with a kindly deep regard for this special lady. He would give up his life for her in a moment's notice. In addition to Aveline's ability to read and write, she was gifted with the ability to draw up formal plans and stitch exceptional needlework.
The story was a strong historical fiction/non-fiction mixture first. I have to admit that I had to continually familiarize myself with this time period by doing research on the internet. Every time I thought I had a grip on what was taking place, a 'new' character popped up. The mixture of Aveline's first person tense while watching happenings occur, the periodic journeys to the past to explain a necessary turning point in time and the (mostly) third tense narration took some time getting used to but I understood why the author wrote it this way. By the time I was finished with the story I appreciated Ms. Seger's writing style.
If you enjoy a mystery, refreshing your knowledge of history and a special romance, I encourage you to look for this book. Ms. Seger has written under numerous pseudonyms including Josie Litton of the more popular Fountain series. She has also won a couple of coveted awards for her historical romances and I now understand why. I am going to have to search for more stories by this author.
"Dear Reader,
You are holding the book I dreamed of writing for ten years.
Maura Seger"
TAPESTRY transported the reader to the bleakness of eleventh century England tempered by the premise of peace and the expectation of love. At the time, the people were going through a terrible drought and there was still the uneasy surrender by the Anglo-Saxons from roughly ten years beforehand. Following the conquest, the Anglo-Saxon nobility were either killed, exiled or joined the ranks of the peasantry. The land was now ruled by the Normans.
Ms. Seger took a few liberties when she wrote this fascinating novel. King Edward, Harold Godwinson, William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings were real people and events that took place in an era from long ago. On the other hand, Renard and Aveline, were refreshing characters battling the murkiness, intrigue and politics of this century. Besides their initial strained friendship, pagan-like murders were taking place. The big question was finding out who was doing this and why it had come to pass now.
Renard d'Agounville was the young high sheriff of London. He was a Norman with a Anglo-Saxon monk as his assistant. The religious friar was devoted to him but unafraid of complaining when he thought it was necessary. They made for an very unusual pair of peace officers.
Aveline was a twenty-year-old woman living among nuns but was not a novice. Her constant guard and companion outside the walls of the sanctuary was a massive one-eyed former soldier with a kindly deep regard for this special lady. He would give up his life for her in a moment's notice. In addition to Aveline's ability to read and write, she was gifted with the ability to draw up formal plans and stitch exceptional needlework.
The story was a strong historical fiction/non-fiction mixture first. I have to admit that I had to continually familiarize myself with this time period by doing research on the internet. Every time I thought I had a grip on what was taking place, a 'new' character popped up. The mixture of Aveline's first person tense while watching happenings occur, the periodic journeys to the past to explain a necessary turning point in time and the (mostly) third tense narration took some time getting used to but I understood why the author wrote it this way. By the time I was finished with the story I appreciated Ms. Seger's writing style.
If you enjoy a mystery, refreshing your knowledge of history and a special romance, I encourage you to look for this book. Ms. Seger has written under numerous pseudonyms including Josie Litton of the more popular Fountain series. She has also won a couple of coveted awards for her historical romances and I now understand why. I am going to have to search for more stories by this author.
January 6, 2016
This is an interesting read. It is a historical romance which gives the reader more background and a little bit of history as well. The story is filled with war and death and love and peace. Once you start to get in to the characters, it is very hard to put down. I like to change up genres and Maura Segers' books are a nice place to land as they combine fiction, history, mystery and romance!
June 3, 2013
I picked this book up while camping on a take a book, leave a book shelf. It was the light reading I was looking for at the moment. I enjoyed it well enough. Not sure I would recommend it to anyone, though.
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