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Diva: A Novel

Catherine — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:55:34 +0000

I’ve loved celebrity and pop culture since I was a teen when I would beg my mother to buy me trashy magazines in the grocery store with the promise that I would pay her back (I’m still in arrears on that debt). So even though it played out back in the 1960s I was well […]

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Victoria: A Novel

Catherine — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 08:31:45 +0000

In 1837, barely after turning eighteen, Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent became the queen of England. She stood a mere 4’11” tall and had led a life largely isolated from society. For modern day readers it is almost incomprehensible to imagine that a tiny teenager could rule one of the most powerful and widespread empires […]

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The Fortune Hunter

Catherine — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 07:14:37 +0000

Charlotte Baird has just become the heir to the Lennox family fortune and as she is unmarried she is now the most sought after young lady in England, despite the fact that she has no interest in dancing, needlepoint, horseback riding or even in being married (horrors!). Instead, she spends her days taking photographs—a […]

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