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Highland Interlude
When Nurse Elizabeth Wade was asked to take three children to Scotland, to the home of Dr. Dougal Grant, she hardy expected to stay there for any length of time. But a quarantine case forced her to remain as an unwelcome guest of the strange, reserved Dr. Grant. Her dilemma was not helped by Dougal’s neighbor, Maureen Valentine, who appeared to take an instant dislike to Elizabeth, and who appeared to be on very friendly terms with the doctor. Only after many misunderstandings and some dramatic events in the Scottish highlands, did the situation resolve itself…
- GenresRomance
224 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1968
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Lucilla Andrews
85 books9 followersLucilla Matthew Andrews Crichton
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Lucilla Andrews, Diana Gordon, Joanna Marcus.
Lucilla Matthew Andrews was born on 20 November 1919 in Suez, Egypt, the third of four children of William Henry Andrews and Lucilla Quero-Bejar. They met in Gibraltar, and married in 1913. Her mother was daughter of a Spanish doctor and descended from the Spanish nobility. Her British father workerd by the Eastern Telegraph Company (later Cable and Wireless) on African and Mediterranean stations until 1932. At the age of three, she was sent to join her older sister at boarding school in Sussex.
She joined the British Red Cross in 1940 and later trained as a nurse at St Thomas' Hospital, London, during World War II. In 1947, she retired and married Dr James Crichton, and she discovered, that he was addicted to drugs. In 1949, soon after their daugther Veronica was born, he was committed to hospital and she returned to nursing and writing. In 1952, she sold her firt romance novel, published in 1954, the same year that her husband died. She specialised in Doctor-Nurse romances, using her personal experience as inspiration, and wrote over thirty-five novels since 1996. In 1969, she decided moved to Edinburgh.
Her daugther read History at Newnham College, Cambridge, and became a journalist and Labour Party communications adviser, before her death from cancer in 2002. In late 2006, Lucilla Andrews' autobiography No Time for Romance became the focus of a posthumous controversy. It has been alleged that the novelist Ian McEwan plagiarized from this work while writing his highly-acclaimed novel, Atonement. McEwan has protested his innocence. She passed away on 3 October 2006. She was a founder member of the Romantic Novelists' Association, which honoured her shortly before her death with a lifetime achievement award.
aka
Lucilla Andrews, Diana Gordon, Joanna Marcus.
Lucilla Matthew Andrews was born on 20 November 1919 in Suez, Egypt, the third of four children of William Henry Andrews and Lucilla Quero-Bejar. They met in Gibraltar, and married in 1913. Her mother was daughter of a Spanish doctor and descended from the Spanish nobility. Her British father workerd by the Eastern Telegraph Company (later Cable and Wireless) on African and Mediterranean stations until 1932. At the age of three, she was sent to join her older sister at boarding school in Sussex.
She joined the British Red Cross in 1940 and later trained as a nurse at St Thomas' Hospital, London, during World War II. In 1947, she retired and married Dr James Crichton, and she discovered, that he was addicted to drugs. In 1949, soon after their daugther Veronica was born, he was committed to hospital and she returned to nursing and writing. In 1952, she sold her firt romance novel, published in 1954, the same year that her husband died. She specialised in Doctor-Nurse romances, using her personal experience as inspiration, and wrote over thirty-five novels since 1996. In 1969, she decided moved to Edinburgh.
Her daugther read History at Newnham College, Cambridge, and became a journalist and Labour Party communications adviser, before her death from cancer in 2002. In late 2006, Lucilla Andrews' autobiography No Time for Romance became the focus of a posthumous controversy. It has been alleged that the novelist Ian McEwan plagiarized from this work while writing his highly-acclaimed novel, Atonement. McEwan has protested his innocence. She passed away on 3 October 2006. She was a founder member of the Romantic Novelists' Association, which honoured her shortly before her death with a lifetime achievement award.
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January 24, 2020
Oh God, I liked this one too. I've probably got some deep psychological issues or something.
May 2, 2020
One of my favorites of hers so far. The structure is almost Gothic, the hero is a suitable romance hero - dark, brooding, Scottish, uncommunicative - the not-a-hero romantic interest is pleasant and the reason they call off the romance makes sense, and nobody is entangled with the Other Woman so she can just be dreadful and mildly mocked at the end.
January 20, 2013
Nice simple old-fashioned love story. Medical. Good for a change of pace.
November 10, 2022
Fusese o seară de joi foarte ocupată. De obicei, joia era cea mai liniştită zi din săptămână, dar începutul vacanţei de Paste şi sosirea bruscă a primăverii dublase traficul rutier în Londra şi, cum se întâmpla de fiecare dată, şi numărul de accidente de circulaţie. În această seară, operaţiile
începuseră de la ora zece. Era deja trei fără douăzeci când cele cinci operaţii programate pentru această seară luară sfârşit, iar sala de operaţii fu curăţată şi pregătită pentru intervenţiile de urgenţă, pe care nimeni nu le dorea.
Asistenta de la ortopedie ieşi din camera de gardă chiar în clipa în care stingeam luminile din sala de operaţii.
— Ce mai avem de făcut, soră Wade? mă întrebă ea.
— Numai un ultim tur de verificare, răspunsei, încercând să-mi ascund un căscat. Asta în cazul în care nu apare ceva nou...
— Sper că nu, pentru numele lui Dumnezeu! exclamă ea. Doctorii mai au de făcut vizita de noapte. Mi s-a părut mie, sau i-am auzit trecând când mă schimbam?
— Da, domnul Dawkins – medicul şef ortoped – m-a rugat să-ţi spun noapte bună.
Făcu o grimasă.
— E păcat că bunele maniere ale domnului Dawkins nu sunt la fel de bune ca talentul lui de chirurg, dar cred că nu putem avea prea multe pretenţii. Mă duc în birou să scriu raportul, iar după aceea sper că putem să ne ducem amândouă la culcare. Pari foarte obosită după acest tur de forţă.
începuseră de la ora zece. Era deja trei fără douăzeci când cele cinci operaţii programate pentru această seară luară sfârşit, iar sala de operaţii fu curăţată şi pregătită pentru intervenţiile de urgenţă, pe care nimeni nu le dorea.
Asistenta de la ortopedie ieşi din camera de gardă chiar în clipa în care stingeam luminile din sala de operaţii.
— Ce mai avem de făcut, soră Wade? mă întrebă ea.
— Numai un ultim tur de verificare, răspunsei, încercând să-mi ascund un căscat. Asta în cazul în care nu apare ceva nou...
— Sper că nu, pentru numele lui Dumnezeu! exclamă ea. Doctorii mai au de făcut vizita de noapte. Mi s-a părut mie, sau i-am auzit trecând când mă schimbam?
— Da, domnul Dawkins – medicul şef ortoped – m-a rugat să-ţi spun noapte bună.
Făcu o grimasă.
— E păcat că bunele maniere ale domnului Dawkins nu sunt la fel de bune ca talentul lui de chirurg, dar cred că nu putem avea prea multe pretenţii. Mă duc în birou să scriu raportul, iar după aceea sper că putem să ne ducem amândouă la culcare. Pari foarte obosită după acest tur de forţă.
May 2, 2021
This is among my favorite books of hers, just because of the setting and the hero. Her Scottish heroes are definitely the most interesting. Also, it is another one where not much nursing is done by the nurse, but instead is done to her. The rural hospital is also interesting. The kids and their slang are hilariously dated, though.
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December 29, 2021
A Lukewarm Romance
Not as good as her others. Lucilla Andrews writes well but not every book manages to contain the romantic magic one wants. This was one of them. I didn't like the location at all. I would not want to live in Scotland no matter what kind of he man my husband was.
Not as good as her others. Lucilla Andrews writes well but not every book manages to contain the romantic magic one wants. This was one of them. I didn't like the location at all. I would not want to live in Scotland no matter what kind of he man my husband was.
October 6, 2024
The author follows her normal formula, this time setting her story in the Highlands. Elizabeth escorts three youngsters to Scotland where she meets their very correct uncle, Dougal and is obliged to stay there longer than she expected, one way and another. As usual, the outcome is obvious but it’s pleasant reaching it. 3.5*
February 5, 2025
Brilliant
Delightful to read, written with wit, thoroughly enjoyed it. While the romance develops in the background, and it’s not as easy to tell as in Betty Neels’ books, the humour and writing more than made up for it.
The dialogues, and the h’s internal monologues were a hoot.
Delightful to read, written with wit, thoroughly enjoyed it. While the romance develops in the background, and it’s not as easy to tell as in Betty Neels’ books, the humour and writing more than made up for it.
The dialogues, and the h’s internal monologues were a hoot.
July 11, 2021
Highland Interlude was a very good story I enjoyed reading it Lucille Andrew’s is a good author and I like her books very much
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