Book Beginnings on Friday and The Friday 56 are weekly memes hosted by Rose City Reader and Freda's Voice.
Rules:
Book Beginnings: Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.
The Friday 56: Grab a book, turn to page 56 or 56% in you eReader. Find any sentence (not spoilery) and reflect on it if you want.
This week the spotlight is on:
by Norah Lofts
Synopsis:
'Princesses are born to
the exiled. What is the alternative? Spinsterhood?' Thus the future of
Caroline Matilda, youngest sister of George III, was settled - exile to a
foreign country, and marriage to a nearly insane Crown Prince of
Denmark. This novel tells her story.
Book Beginning:
The Dowager Princess of Wales had long ago learned to control her voice, her facial expression, and her hands; but in anger or distress the pupils of her eyes widened, reducing the blue to a mere rim.
The Friday 56:
He had entertained thoughts – When I am King I will put Count Reventlow in the Blue Tower and have him beaten, every day – but such thoughts were not sufficient to sustain him in moments of misery.
Not a very promising king-to-be...
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