Magdalen King-Hall
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| Title | : | Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton |
| Author | : | Magdalen King-Hall |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Harlequin Romance #11 |
| Pages | : | Pages: 215 pages |
| Published | : | 1983 by Penguin (first published 1944) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Adventure |
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Set in the dashing, roaring days of the wicked 1600's this is the story of the lovely, wanton Barbara Skelton, who craved excitement and adventure and embraces more satisfying than her dull bore of a husband could give her. So Barbara turned to highway robbery and with her lovely figure concealed in male attire, she became a terror to wealthy travellers, who saw only the muzzle of her pistol and the masked face behind it. But in that lonely countryside rode another 'gentleman of the road' who, one fateful night, was to discover Barbara's secret. Between these two outcasts there flared a fierce, brutal passion which gave Barbara the unhealthly excitment that her wanton nature craved. The pair took ever more dangerous risks until inevitably the finger of suspicion pointed at Barbara. Murder, unfaithfulness and betrayal followed and Barbara watched her accomplice die on the gallows, believing she was now safe herself. She was wrong. Fate had a stranger end in store for Barbara Skelton, and she was to pay her debt in full.Details Books To Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton
| Original Title: | Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton |
| ISBN: | 0140067795 (ISBN13: 780140067798) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.03 From 31 Users | 7 ReviewsCriticism About Books Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton
4 1/2 starsThis novel is unlike other adventure novels in the sense that it is intelligently written. The vocabulary is neither dumbed down nor apolegetic. As a result, I found myself enjoying the writing just as much as the story and finished this in a few days. Why aren't more novels being written on this level? It would certainly make James Patterson more interesting.What a wicked, wicked lady Barbara Skelton was. I expected her misdeeds to be scandalous in the sense that she has an affair.Absolutely fabulous!The best book I read this year - and I've read some wonderful books.Unlike the Margaret Lockwood / James Mason movie (which is why I even bought the book), it begins in World War 2 and moves back in time to tell its story.This is the only book I have (apart from Day of the Triffids) which has gone straight from the bedside table to the "keep to read again" shelf without any hesitation whatsoever.A classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdRVG...Description: Set in the dashing, roaring days of the wicked 1600's this is the story of the lovely, wanton Barbara Skelton, who craved excitement and adventure and embraces more satisfying than her dull bore of a husband could give her. So Barbara turned to highway robbery and with her lovely figure concealed in male attire, she became a terror to wealthy travellers, who saw only the muzzle of her pistol and the masked face behind it. But in that lonely
I loved this book. It was like nothing I have ever read. I have to say I expected something completely different and much more tame, even knowing the basic plot of the book. But, in my opinion, the main character truly lives up to the title. She is wicked, sinister, selfish, and cold. Definitely a little more steamy than I expected, but don't be fooled, it is not a romance. Everything she touches is twisted and malignant. The woman is like a force of nature. She's set on a path to her own
The Life & Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton (1944) by Magdalen King-Hall is a book of parts. The first half of the book is a serial ghost story that is supposed, I guess, to whet the reader's appetite for the second part where we learn about the awful things that Lady Barbara Skelton got up to in the 17th Century. I think what King-Hall was trying to do was produce a kind of reading "time machine" effect--we start in the then present-day where Nazi bombers have managed to pretty much destroy
Magdalen King-Hall (22 July 1904 1 January 1971) was an English novelist, journalist and children's fiction writer.(from Wikipedia)
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