Ever Heard of This Book?

emr · Post by **emr** » Sun January 9th, 2011, 1:15 pm

And this one
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756 ... rder_Bride
It's got kids, a mine and Murphy does sound Irish to me

But yah if she's happy with it's Brighter Than Gold then I'll go back to my corner

Ariadne · Post by **Ariadne** » Sun January 9th, 2011, 2:47 pm

You're right, emr, it does sound like a much closer match!

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Sat February 11th, 2012, 4:54 am

Does anyone know who The King's Mistress by Julia Watson (put out in the 1970's) is about?

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Sat February 11th, 2012, 5:13 am

[quote=""boswellbaxter""]Does anyone know who The King's Mistress by Julia Watson (put out in the 1970's) is about?[/quote]

Sorry, I tried to hunt up info but came up zip

SM

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Sat February 11th, 2012, 5:32 am

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]Sorry, I tried to hunt up info but came up zip

SM[/quote]

Thanks anyway!

annis · Post by **annis** » Sat February 11th, 2012, 6:24 am

If it's the same author (romance) she appears to have several pseudonyms -
Jane De Vere, Julia Fitzgerald, Julia Hamilton, Jo Ann Vest, Joanna Wayne - not that that's much help! As Joanna Wayne (assumimg it's the right one, she seems to have moved on to modern romances), she does have a website, so if you're desperate you could try contacting her.
http://www.joannawayne.com

Ariadne has a vast collection of royalty-related fiction - she might know.

Ariadne · Post by **Ariadne** » Sat February 11th, 2012, 1:51 pm

Just popped in here and saw your query, BB. It's about a fictional mistress of one of the Valois kings of France, 2nd in a trilogy. The author, real name Julia Hamilton, died in the early '90s. I can't find my copy (it's probably buried) but this is what one of my reference books has.

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Sat February 11th, 2012, 2:10 pm

Thanks, Annis and Ariadne! I found out inadvertently last night that she was Julia Hamilton, but I didn't realize she had so many other pseudonyms!

Tanzanite · Post by **Tanzanite** » Sat February 11th, 2012, 6:24 pm

[quote=""Ariadne""]Just popped in here and saw your query, BB. It's about a fictional mistress of one of the Valois kings of France, 2nd in a trilogy. The author, real name Julia Hamilton, died in the early '90s. I can't find my copy (it's probably buried) but this is what one of my reference books has.[/quote]

Is this the same trilogy that includes Watson's Mistress to the Valois and The Wolf and the Unicorn or is it another one entirely? I've read the first one - it wasn't quite what I was expecting it to be about but it was OK.

Ariadne · Post by **Ariadne** » Sat February 11th, 2012, 6:26 pm

[quote=""Tanzanite""]Is this the same trilogy that includes Watson's Mistress to the Valois and The Wolf and the Unicorn or is it another one entirely? I've read the first one - it wasn't quite what I was expecting it to be about but it was OK.[/quote]

Yup, that's the one. The heroine is named Gentian. I was able to find my copy of book 1.