A book to read and reread, it is an unforgettable romance and a timeless masterpiece. 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.įrequently 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. Kathleen Winsor Forever Amber (1) (Rediscovered Classics) Paperback Septemby Kathleen Winsor (Author), Barbara Taylor Bradford (Foreword) 1,890 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 0.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Leather Bound from 102.71 1 New from 102. Clare, who makes her way up through the ranks of 17th-century English society by sleeping with or marrying successively richer and. Forever Amber tells the story of an orphaned Amber St. It was made into a film in 1947 by 20th Century Fox. 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. Forever Amber (1944) is an historical romance novel by Kathleen Winsor set in 17th-century England. 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. Synopsis: Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New YorkĮdition: First Edition.
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