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Post by andydecker on Nov 14, 2023 14:00:30 GMT
Harriet Esmond (John & Jean Burke) - The Florian Signet (William Collins Sons & Co, 1977, hc, this edition Coronet; Hodder & Stoughton, 1978, 252 pages)  This is one of Burke's Romances or Gothics, hard to say without reading it. 'Romantic Suspense' could be an euphemism for Gothic, but the careful cover art says Regency Romance. It is quite long, 252 pages of small print. There were other novels under the pseudonym. |
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Post by dem bones on Nov 14, 2023 17:05:11 GMT
Doubt I could go the distance, but the cover art is lovely. Uncredited?
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Post by andydecker on Nov 14, 2023 17:55:50 GMT
Doubt I could go the distance, but the cover art is lovely. Uncredited? It is on the backside, next to the price, but I couldn't decipher it. Even tried a failed G**le picture search, as it looks rather like some Edwardian painting and no actual cover art. Or is it the continent? The dress uniforms in the background look somehow pre WWI. |
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Post by johnnymains on Nov 14, 2023 19:42:24 GMT
Harriet Esmond (James Burke and his wife) - The Florian Signet (William Collins Sons & Co, 1977, hc, this edition Coronet; Hodder & Stoughton, 1978, 252 pages) This is one of Burke's Romances or Gothics, hard to say without reading it. 'Romantic Suspense' could be an euphemism for Gothic, but the careful cover art says Regency Romance. It is quite long, 252 pages of small print. There were other novels under the pseudonym. Heya Andy, it's John Burke. His wife Jean helped him write them. |
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Post by andydecker on Nov 14, 2023 20:11:42 GMT
Heya Andy, it's John Burke. His wife Jean helped him write them. Head hanging in shame. Why on earth did I write James? Thanks for noticing, Johnny! I changed it. |
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Post by johnnymains on Nov 14, 2023 20:37:17 GMT
Easily done.
Oh, and Dem, THE EYE STONES is a good jumping off point, suitably gothic.
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Post by andydecker on Nov 23, 2023 12:06:43 GMT
Harriet Esmond (John & Jean Burke) - Darsham's Folly(Harper & Collins, 1974, this edition translation by Heyne Verlag, 1989) 
This is a rather late addition to Heyne Publishing's "Romantic Thriller" imprint. Heyne was then the biggest paperback publisher, and this line specialised on Gothics. Since 1966 it presented all kinds of Gothics, from writers like Dorothy Eden, Victoria Holt to Virginia Coffman, Clarissa Ross and Edwina Marlowe on the other end of the literary quality. All featured classic Gothic covers, and as the didn't much care for trends, historical Gothics stood side by side with contemporary Gothics. There are even some rather obscure novels like the genre hopping horrorish books by Sandra Shulman. At times this selection can be a lot of fun, but they are hard to find and not well documented.
Burke's The Eye Stones was also translated for this edition.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Nov 23, 2023 13:04:17 GMT
from writers like Dorothy Eden, Victoria Holt to Virginia Coffman, Clarissa Ross and Edwina Marlowe on the other end of the literary quality. Virginia Coffman is not bad. |
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Post by andydecker on Nov 23, 2023 15:31:43 GMT
from writers like Dorothy Eden, Victoria Holt to Virginia Coffman, Clarissa Ross and Edwina Marlowe on the other end of the literary quality. Virginia Coffman is not bad. Any good titles? I didn't read much, but can remember thinking them rather middle of the road. Competent and commercial, no doubt, but nothing special. |
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Nov 23, 2023 16:22:36 GMT
Virginia Coffman is not bad. Any good titles? MOURA. |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Nov 24, 2023 14:21:45 GMT
I looked Virginia Coffman up and found this cover, a version of the woman running away from the lonely house with a light in the window, but it has the added excitement of doing so through a graveyard. Something I haven't seen before.  From goodreads. |
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