Oh, excellent, thank you. I shall definitely give the Rosamund Lehmann a go. I did read Porterhouse Blue (or possibly another in the series) many years ago but probably I shan't bother again. Having just checked on Amazon, The Glittering Prizes is not the book I thought it was, but it looks interesting too.
The one that comes to mind for Northumbria is Credo by Melvyn Bragg, though it may not be ideal holiday reading, and I also think it needs to come with a warning that somewhere in the first few chapters is one of the most graphically violent rape scenes I've ever read. I'll see if I can think of any others.
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Date: 2009-03-10 10:40 pm (UTC)The one that comes to mind for Northumbria is Credo by Melvyn Bragg, though it may not be ideal holiday reading, and I also think it needs to come with a warning that somewhere in the first few chapters is one of the most graphically violent rape scenes I've ever read. I'll see if I can think of any others.