Clare uses her wits, beauty, and courage to clinb to the highest position a woman could achieve in. Kathleen Winsor, whose 1944 novel Forever Amber, detailing the sexual adventures of a young woman in Restoration England, became a model for romantic best sellers to follow, died on. A book to read and reread, it is an unforgettable romance and a timeless masterpiece. 'Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, sixteen-year-old Amber St. Clare uses her wits, beauty, and courage to clinb to the.

But throughout her trials and escapades, she remains, in her heart, true to the one man she really loves, the one man she can never have.įrequently compared to Gone with the Wind, Forever Amber is the other great historical romance, outselling every other American novel of the 1940s-despite being banned in Boston for its sheer sexiness. Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, sixteen-year-old Amber St. From whores and highwaymen to courtiers and noblemen, from events such as the Great Plague and the Fire of London to the intimate passions of ordinary-and extraordinary-men and women, Amber experiences it all. Forever Amber (1947) - (Movie Clip) England Is Aflame Producer Darryl Zanuck and director Otto Preminger attempt the rare double-prologue, leading to the rural Puritan household of Leo G. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England-that of favorite mistress of the Merry Monarch, Charles II. Synopsis: Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Forever Amber: Kathleen Winsor: 9781556524042: Books - Amazon.ca. Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New YorkĮdition: First Edition.

Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor