Virgins of paradise, book by barbara wood hardcover. Barbara wood was born on 30 january 1947 in warrington, lancashire, england, uk. The story takes us back to 1945, to egypt at the close of the second world war and a powerful family from the highest circles of nobility, the rasheeds. Author barbara wood brings her readers into the egypt of king farouks era, gradually encompassing the times of nasser, sadat, and the rise of the muslim brotherhood. Books by barbara wood author of virgins of paradise. Barbara wood two sister, jasmine and camelia rasheed, come of age in egypt in the 1950s and rebel against their societys repression of women. Barbara wood s most popular book is virgins of paradise.
Barbara wood born january 30, 1947, in warrington lancashire, england is an american writer of historical romance novels. To date, barbara has written 22 books, including two under the pen name kathryn harvey, these books are quite different from the barbara wood s novels and she. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Barbara wood has 86 books on goodreads with 30659 ratings. This is a sensuous, romantic, exciting novel of women in search of identity amid historic change, and a fascinating portrait of an ancient nation mired in superstition, magic and mythology as it emerges into the modern era. Much more than a history, it is a multigenerational saga of a family and its many offshoots of clan, stories, and lives. Sensuous, spicy, and romantic, virgins of paradise is a spellbinding novel set in an exotic and erotic culture. Virgins of paradise is a magnificent saga about the women in a rich, aristocratic egyptian family, by the author of green city in the sun and the dreaming. Buy the hardcover book virgins of paradise by barbara wood at indigo. New york times bestselling author barbara wood s latest novel follows a disinherited english baron and a young new york heiress who marry and move west to build an agricultural empire in palm springs in the 1920s when it was just a budding town on th. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.
Brilliantly portraying two sisters search for identity amidst historic change, wood also conveys a portrait of an ancient nation merging into the modern era while mired in superstition, magic, and mythology. Feminist spirituality gets its own celestine prophecies, and the vatican gets bashed, in wood s new novel after virgins of paradise, 1993. Brilliantly portraying two sisters search for identity amidst historic change, wood also conveys a portrait of an ancient nation emerging into the modern era while mired in superstition, magic, and mythology. I have read some of barbara woods books, but virgins of paradise is the crown jewel of her writings.
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