History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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A Little Predictable But A Good Story Continuence
good but a little slow in parts
Good Fluff Reading
The BEST GW could give
Good story but too many inconsistancies

Black Cat (Gemini)
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She hid her true self.

Now the truth will be revealed.

Living a life of lies under the thumb of her widowed, spiritually-obsessed mother, Celeste has been forced to take on the identity of her dead twin brother, Noble. She's almost forgotten what it's like to be Celeste -- except for the one thing that keeps her sane: caring for her darling daughter, Baby Celeste. But when Celeste's mother marries a kindly neighbor, a new breed of poisonous secrets and vicious enemies will force Celeste to do what she must -- to survive the darkness....

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"She hid her true self. Now the truth will be revealed. Living a life of lies under the thumb of her widowed, spiritually-obsessed mother, Celeste has been forced to take on the identity of her dead twin brother, Noble. She's almost forgotten what it's like to be Celeste -- except for the one thing that keeps her sane: caring for her darling daughter, Baby Celeste. But when Celeste's mother marries a kindly neighbor, a new breed of poisonous secrets and vicious enemies will force Celeste to do what she must -- to survive the darkness.... "

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A Little Predictable But A Good Story Continuence.......2006-10-06

When I started reading the Gemini series I was plesently suprised by the darkness in tone. It was a return to form for the author. But as usual the second book falls a little bit short. After Celeste gave birth to Baby Celeste her mother made her go back to being Noble. In this book, things pick up where they left off. Celeste is still Noble and her mother is still wacky. The story continues as Sarah marries the next door neighbor (who is the grandfather of Baby Celeste). This leads to an eventual confrontation with his daughter Betsy. The book concludes kind of abruptly and doesn't leave a great ending.

good but a little slow in parts.......2005-12-27

I have read every V.C. Andrew book & this one is like all the rest. It has a good plot and parts of it just grap you. The ending was wonderful. There was a few parts that were kind of slow but then it would pick back up. Now I need to read the next one in the set.

Good Fluff Reading .......2005-05-26

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that according to this book, Celeste was supposedly eleven when she gives birth to Baby Celeste.

I know kids start early these days, but that darn Elliot is such a pedophile! He's old enough to drive and he still can't find enough desperate women to prevent him from going around and raping eleven year olds in the woods. He even thought she was a boy up until a couple minutes before he slept with her. Does that sound like a normal reaction to you?

The front cover on this novel and Celeste boasts "A mommy that is worse than the Flowers In the Attic." I disagree. Her mother was off the wall and eccentric and she buried her son in her daughter's clothing and made her daughter cross dress for years and called her Noble, but I didn't see her feeding anyone arsenic. Of course, there does seem to be some doubt about the way Dave Fletcher died, but this was never clarified.

As far as villians go, the Mother was by no means a sweetheart. She was perverse and cruel and she would give her daughter some kind of herbal tea that made her hallucinate whenever Celeste put on lipstick or tried to brush her hair. But she wasn't THAT bad.

If Celeste had any kind of a backbone she would have just up and left. For most of the book, I was under the impression that she was in her early twenties and just hanging around her house to help her mother and keep the spirits appeased. But at the end of this, I'm set straight. Celeste was only 17 and a half. Her daughter is six. She was a minor.

Everything is clear now. Thank you, ghostwriter!

The BEST GW could give.......2005-03-07

Wow! Thanks! This is why when I see a new VCA coming out I have to buy it... it's a compulsion - MUST HAVE VCA. This book didn't let me down.

Good story but too many inconsistancies.......2005-02-23

In Celeste (to anyone who paid attention) Celeste/Noble was 16 when she had Baby Celeste. It was brought up that she was 1 year younger than Elliot who was already driving and she was old enough to driver herself (Sarah was going to get her a car that proves this fact). At the end of Black Cat, they try to sell her off as 11 at the time of the birth. Sorry, no dice.

That is not the only inconsistancy in the series (there's also a question as whether she ever had the chicken pox), but definetly the most unforgivable. I can't get past it. It clouds my judgement of the rest of the book.

I will read Child of Darkness because I have to know if that was done on purpose, but I'm dreading it.

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Twins With A Twist
Accurate portrayal of emotional abuse
DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY!!!
Make it stop!
The Gemini series starts with a BANG!

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He was her mirror image. Now the mirror has cracked.

Celeste and her twin brother, Noble, are as close as can be -- until a tragic accident takes Noble's life. It's a loss that pushes their mother, a woman obsessed with New Age superstitions, over the edge....

Desperate to keep her son "alive," Celeste's mother forces her to cut her hair, wear boys' clothes, and take on Noble's identity. Celeste has virtually disappeared -- until a handsome boy moves in next door, and Celeste will risk her mother's wrath to let herself come back to life.

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Twins With A Twist .......2007-04-26

Celeste inaugurates the beginning of the Gemini Series by author Virginia Andrews, who is known for her dark and twisted stories about strange families and the evil secrets that lurk in their every corner. As twins, Celeste and Noble are inseparable but only Noble is the favored child of their superstitious mother, who insists that Noble will be the one to `cross over' and speak to the spirits of their ancestors. When Celeste begins to show signs that she is, in fact, the `chosen' one for the spirits to connect with, Noble gets agitated and rebels. In a freak accident that shatters their mother, Noble dies and Celeste is forced to resume her dead brother's identity and watch helplessly as her mother buries `Celeste' six feet underground. For years, Celeste becomes Noble, the son her mother is obsessed with, although she cannot ignore the changes in her body or the womanly yearnings that are screaming to get out. When Elliot Fletcher moves next door, Celeste finds herself pulled into a vortex of desire she finds both addictive and repulsive until events start spiraling out of her control. Slow paced and disturbing, the concept of the book is really not so unrealistic. Insane mother loses her beloved son, and gets his sibling to pretend to be him. It has been done before. But as always the case with books by this author, the pages gives you a sense of frustration and phobia as you watch a perfectly normal little girl doing all she can to please her psychopathic mother at the expense of her own sanity. We whimper when we see her unwittingly fall victim to the cruelty of others who are more experienced and not as naïve as she is, when she is forced to succumb to `blackmail' just to protect her mother who was ultimately her own destroyer. For those who are used to VC Andrews's style, you will find similarities that are akin to her previous books. But don't be Mr/Miss Know It All just yet, because unlike the beautiful heroines in her other books, Celeste was not swept off her feet by true love. Those who are as `dark and twisty' as Dr Meredith Grey on Grey's Anatomy will find themselves drawn to VC's books for the simple reason it will make them breathe a sigh of relief that their lives are not so warped.

Accurate portrayal of emotional abuse.......2006-07-14

I can see why some people find this book tedious or difficult to believe, but that is precisely the reality of someone who has been seriously emotionally abused, which I know from my own experience. To be in a rigidly circumscribed world in which you are invisible to your so-called family, your only purpose being to make others comfortable and never ever to possess needs, opinions, or desires of your own, is indeed a tedious and laborious existence. But it's so important that more people learn that this is exactly the experience of many people.

In this day and age of burgeoning memoirs on physical and sexual abuse, I'm gratified that a few are beginning to deal with emotional abuse--not as sensational, and harder to credit with the seriousness that physical and sexual abuse receive more easily, emotional abuse is easy to scoff at. But it's real. The ghost writer of this novel by "V.C. Andrews" really knows deeply and empathetically what she or he has written about. The inability of Celeste to recognize how she's being mistreated, to come up with alternatives or escape plans, or to resist her mother's poisoning of her worldview, are very real patterns of thought and behavior to someone raised in a warped, rigidly defined society or subculture. I've been raised in several of these, simultaneously.

Less abstractly, the book is well written, vivid, well characterized (Noble and Elliot are very recognizable and different little boys, and the dad is wonderful), and emotionally very believable. It does give you a sense of frustration and claustrophobia, but that is necessary to convey Celeste's black hole of an existence. I have a few plot quibbles, and get irritated at the many typos, but I do recommend the story to anyone interested in an emotionally provocative story that will deepen your understanding of how children form a sense of self and identity, and what happens when you're not allowed to.

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY!!!.......2006-03-28

I've read all of this author's books and this one was just plain bad, dumb, and stupid. I tried to read the next in the series but knew it wasn't going to get any better. I generally enjoy these stories but this one was very tiresome and idiotic.
Save your money for something better.

Make it stop!.......2005-10-25

This book is TERRIBLE. It is perhaps the slowest-paced book I have ever read. We know from the back cover that Noble is going to die & Celeste is going to be made his surrogate. This has the potential for great stories, intriguing psychological drama, and other things one might look for in a book like this. But not when it takes half the author hundreds of pages just to get to what should be the starting point. The reader is forced to sit through page after page of the family eating dinner, or playing in the yard, or other pointless minutiae that serve to develop neither the plot nor the characters. Not to mention that it's written in a simplistic style that might be considered artistic when the narrator is 7, but is merely degrading by the time she reaches adulthood.
Do yourself a favor and watch paint dry. It would go faster and be more worthwhile than this book.

The Gemini series starts with a BANG!.......2005-09-01

I thought that V. C. Andrews books couldn't get any weirder or any more heartbreaking. But once again Andrew Neiderman blows that thought out of the water. This is the most refreshing start to a series in a long time. Celeste's story is bizarre, to say the least, but I can't help feeling it is possible. One complaint is I really don't think it is possible or scientific to have identical twins that are different genders. But besides that the book shines. The mother in this book is so twisted. First off, she hates Celeste for having the visions before Noble when they are younger. Did she ever think, maybe just maybe, he took after the father side? Probably not because she is so wrapped up in her own little world. Then one tragedy leads to another and Noble dies. Celeste takes his place really out of guilt. She blames herself for her death, because they were fighting when it happened. So out of this guilt, she goes along with her mothers sick and twisted plan. Then Elliot Fletcher comes on to the scene. He really is a jerk even before he finds out Noble is a girl. He is a troublemaker and just bad news. And what he does to Celeste is dispicable. He is really your basic lowlife in the V.C. Andrews books. Nothing good happens through this whole book (maybe the dog is good, but it ends terribly). And just when you think that maybe it will end happily, hah, you'd be wrong. I'm hoping that Black Cat is better in that regard, but it isn't so far (reading it now).

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Very disappointing
Worst of the Three- Left a lot to be Desired
Overall better than most of the later series
Dissappointing...
better than the 2rd one

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She grew up in the shadows of lies.

Now the past will come to light.

As a child, she was Baby Celeste, the one thing that kept her mother in touch with reality. But now her mother is in an institution, and sixteen-year-old Celeste Atwell is alone in the world. Adopted by a wealthy couple, Celeste has everything a girl could desire: designer clothes, luxury cars, even a handsome boyfriend. But her indulgence may come at a steep price -- because the secrets hidden within her new family are too dangerous to keep under wraps....

Also in the bestselling Gemini series from V.C. Andrews®-- be sure to read Celeste and Black Cat, available from Pocket Star Books!

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Very disappointing.......2006-12-24

I will not write much on the obvious flaws of this book, how it left many questions unanswered, etc. This has been written by others already. I just wanted to add something that no one else seems to have commented on. The ghost writer screwed up the timeline again (as he has done in previous books). In the beginning of the book, (big) Celeste is interviewed at the mental clinic. The doctor's report says she is 17 yrs, 4 months old. The doctor mentions that Baby Celeste was 6 yrs old at the time. That would've made big Celeste 11 yrs old when she had her! Huh?! In the book "Celeste", when Celeste meets Elliot Fletcher (who later gets her pregnant), she tells him she is 15 yrs old. So, by the beginning of the book "Child of Darkness", big Celeste should've been 21 yrs old. Apparently, Andrew Neiderman does not know how to count! Get with the program, dude!
And you should have written more about the fate of big Celeste, who was a much more interesting character anyway.

Worst of the Three- Left a lot to be Desired.......2006-06-01

I was quite disappointed in how this trilogy ended. I had to read this final book, of course, to see how this story all ended up, but instead, it left me with more questions. Not only was Baby Celeste's story never resolved, but neither was her mother's. I was looking so forward to a happy, healthy reunion between mother and daughter, and I didn't even get that much.

The characters in this story had nothing to do with the first two books, and it was as if it was a story of its own. Wrapping up the trilogy was crammed into the last couple of chapters, and it was never even really wrapped up. At the risk of giving too much away, the book never explained whether or not the first Celeste was ever mentally healed, and it never showed whether or not Baby Celeste and her mother were ever able to have a real relationship. It was sad, really. Even worse, it never even explained what happened to everyone else that came into Celeste's life during the first two thirds of the book, including a new boyfriend who always pledged his love and devotion to her, and her twisted adopted family who she ran away from. Instead of getting answers to the first two books, it just created a second story to not have the answers to. Very frustrating and unsatisfying.

While the first two novels in this series were page turners, this last one was dull, slow-moving, and non-resolving. Sorry for those of you who read the first two and need to purchase this one for the trilogy's ending- you won't get the answers you seek.

Overall better than most of the later series.......2006-03-29

I loved VC Andrews...My Sweet Audrina, Flowers in the Attic, Heaven...she gave us characters and families that made an impression.
However after her death, the ghostwriter (Andrew Neiderman, from what I hear) began recycling her plotlines. Names & settings might change, but you knew there would be any combination of the following 1) incest, 2) a mean grandmother, 3) a tragedy-induced haircut, 4) a big family secret involving someone's paternity--usually the result of rape and/or incest and 5) a crazy relative.
The Gemini series started better than most. It felt like Mr. Neiderman was finally capturing VC's true voice...maybe he even developed psychic abilities of his own and started channeling VC However, the writing in the 2nd book started to slip (And why did "Mommmy" suddenly become "Mama"...especially when we all know that VC herself always used "Momma")...and the timeline started to fall apart.
I think Mr. Neiderman could truly write a book to equal VC's earlier works, if he would just slow down. It seems like there's new book every time I turn around...and the writing shows the lack of care and attention.
I agree with other reviewers...I would like a prequel (preferably one where the main character DOES NOT get locked in a room during her pregnancy...'cause you know that's probably what happened to "Mommy" when the first Audrina...ahem, I mean the first Celeste aka Baby Jordan was born).
I would recommend the series for a cold rainy weekend...All 3 books are quick and easy reads.

Dissappointing..........2006-02-27

This book was dissapointing to say the least. Despite my attempts to avoid the back cover. The picture on the back gave the story away. I spent the majority of my time waiting for Basil to rape Celeste. The only redemption comes in the way that it takes place and the fact that they had been planning it since the beginning!

Though I was amused with the storyline leading up the the big event I was extrememly dissapointed with the resolution. I did not know going into it that it was the final book in the series. In fact, I actually came online looking to see if there were more books in the series.

So many questions were left unanswered... What happened to big Celeste? Did the young Celeste end up pregnant? What happened to her boyfriend, the one who professed his neverending love and devotion to her? Did he just forget about her? Did the other kids at school wonder where she went? Did Ami, Wade, and Basil go looking for her? Did mother Celeste and daughter Celeste ever develop a normal relationship? Did mother Celeste ever recover from her illness? Did young Celeste ever regain her clarvoiyance? Did she finish school? Did she marry? Have any other children?

I am still in shock that the series is over. I don't understand how this story could possibly serve as a proper ending. I seriously recommend that the ghostwriter get to work quickly on an epilogue and quite frankly, a prolouge , to explain to the readers what happened and why it all happened.

I am so dissappointed, in fact, that I am afraid to start another series in fear that it will leave me with as many questions as this one. It's a shame really.

better than the 2rd one.......2006-01-12

I liked this one. You knew the the girl was going to be raped but the reason was not just to rape her. This book is a lot better the the 2rd one. The first one was ok but this one was the best. She was not as messed up as her mother & grandmother. The grandmother was the worst & her mother didn't have a chance.

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Make Your First Step into ERP a Success with PeopleSoft 8

Implementing and supporting any ERP system means an enormous investment of money, time, and personnel, and PeopleSoft is no exception. Understanding PeopleSoft 8 is the resource you need to make sure your investment pays off. Inside, ERP and PeopleSoft experts teach you how to prepare your organization for the changes ERP brings, to lead it through the PeopleSoft implementation process, and keep it on track with world-class support and an eye to the future. Coverage includes:
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The Peoplesoft book to get for Version 8.......2003-03-28

This book gives you a good breath of exposure into what is needed for most Peoplesoft implementations. Although, no book can give you real world experience and express it into words, this book comes close. It has good examples and covers most of the general pitfalls I have seen in the past. Although, at times the book seems to focus on the older user interface but it doesn't change the general issues and approach.

If you are in the process of implementing Peoplesoft, this is a good book to get.

Clear and concise explinations.......2002-09-18

Covers history, planning, organizational, and roles and responsibilities for implementing a PeopleSoft installation. Also includes patch and environment planning. It's an all around reference. It helped give me a good overview of most aspects of the PeopleSoft 8.

Helpful for implementations, V8 content an afterthougt.......2002-09-07

A useful guide if you are implementing an ERP for the first time, never seen/used PeopleSoft and don't understand the consultant's methodology.

It is not good on Version 8 specifically and is of little to no value for existing implementations.

I found a huge amount of content devoted to the Windows Client when version 8 is about moving from this to the web. It seems this book was originally written about how to implement Version 7.5 and then had revisions when version 8 was released prior to the publish date.

Better title would have been Understanding PeopleSoft, without the "8" bit.

Amazingly complete implementation guide.......2002-08-26

If you're looking for guidance on administering or using PeopleSoft version 8 this book is going to disappoint you. If, however, you are responsible for implementing PeopleSoft (or upgrading from 7.x), this is *the* book to get. In fact, much of this book can be applied to SAP R/3, Baan, JDE or other ERP implementations - where the book outlines PeopleSoft-specific information, you can use the chapter headings to outline the technical and configuration requirements of any ERP system.

What I especially like is the thoroughness and level of detail that the author gives. Do not think that this is a 'gold plated' plan that is based on Big 5 practices. It isn't. There are no steps that can be omitted by any prudent CIO or consulting company (I gave the entire book a critical review to see if there were any). What you get is a realistic look at what it takes from business, process, organizational and technical perspectives to implement PeopleSoft in particular, and any ERP system in general. The scope and magnitude of the effort as outlined is realistic, and covers the full implementation life cycle from determining the value of PeopleSoft to your organization, the impact on business processes, full costs of implementation and ownership, and the milestones. Moreover, this book covers post implementation factors and costs, which is among the most thorough I've encountered.

There are a few areas where the book gets hazy, such as capacity and performance planning. The author rightfully claims that each platform has different characteristics, and the vendor should be consulted. I actually found the key to developing a first cut capacity and performance plan in PeopleSoft's documentation, so it can be done in a generic fashion.

Here are the highlights of this book as I see them:

- a complete description of the features in PeopleSoft 8 (which are significantly different from version 7), and a high level comparison between the two versions.

- realistic assessment of post implementation support (often overlooked)

- step-by-step, detailed planning and implementation milestones (so well done that I'm frankly shocked that Cap Gemini Ernst & Young allowed this book to be published since it gives away valuable advice that is that company's intellectual capital)

- one of the best technical descriptions of PeopleSoft 8 I've read (you'd have to spend much more time going through PeopleDocs and other sources to get the same knowledge that this book provides)

If you're a consultant who specializes in PeopleSoft (or any other ERP) implementation, a CIO who needs the complete picture of ramifications, or a project manager who is charged with managing an implementation or upgrade this book will be your best friend.

PeopleSoft 8.0 Implementation Guide.......2001-08-01

I just recently purchased this book for the purpose of understanding the components of an implementation. This book is handy in displaying a proper methodology for implementations. It follows the "Big Consulting Firm" Methods and practices. I highly recommend this book for companies that are in the initial phase of their implementation. It is not a step by step guide on navigation of 8.0.

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Stop at number 4 -- Scales of Gold
Connected by blood (from the Times Literary Supplement)
At Last
Dame Dunnett Ran Out of Gas
A totalling Stunning Ending to a wonderful series!!

Gemini (The House of Niccolo, 8)
Dorothy Dunnett
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Release Date: 2001-05-08

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A marvel of storytelling and historical imagination, Gemini just may be Dorothy Dunnett's pièce de résistance. This culminating installment of the House of Niccolò series is set in Scotland in 1477--and more specifically, in the world of international trade and commerce, which can deal fatal blows to those unfamiliar with its intricacies. When Nicholas de Fleury returns to Edinburgh after a four-year absence, speculation runs rampant about why he closed all his ventures in Scotland and deserted his friends. Struggling to fend off various assassination attempts, Nicholas rejoins the fledgling court of young King James III. Yet he soon discovers that the squabbles between the monarch and his double-dealing siblings are no less dangerous than the intrigues he has left behind. Dunnett recounts the whole story with typically ornate and pungent prose, and delineates her massive cast of characters with a Holbein-like attention to physical detail.

Nicholas in particular is a splendidly rounded creation. And by placing him at the center of her sprawling narrative, Dunnett helps us to navigate the many convolutions of the plot. Her female characters, too, are distinctive. However, it is the sheer breadth of Dunnett's ambitions that takes the breath away, along with her exhilarating set pieces:

The sword point bit into his cloak and grated across the cuirass underneath, bringing the swordsman close for a moment, his face blank with surprise. Nicholas kicked him under the chin, so that he blundered back and hit someone else, while Nicholas dragged out his own sword. The horse wasn't his, but it was a powerful beast and alarmed enough to be ready to rear. Nicholas wrapped the reins around one wrist and hauled, using the bit to drag the horse threshing onto its haunches, and then allowing it to plunge forward again.

En garde, Dunnett fans! Those who have made the long trek with our sword-brandishing hero will find this a perfectly orchestrated finale. --Barry Forshaw

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Scotland, 1477: Nicholas de Fleury, former banker and merchant, has re-appeared in the land that, four years earlier, he had brought very close to ruin in the course of an intense commercial and personal war with secret enemies--and, indeed, with his clever wife Gelis.

Now the opportunity for redemption is at hand, but Nicholas soon finds himself pursuing his objectives amid a complex, corrosive power struggle centering on the Scottish royal family but closely involving the powerful merchants of Edinburgh, the gentry, the clergy, the English (ever seeking an excuse to pounce on their neighbor to the north), the French, the Burgundians. His presence soon draws Gelis and their son Jodi to Scotland, as well as Nicholas's companions and subordinates in many a past endeavor--Dr. Tobias and his wife Clémence, Mick Crackbene, John le Grant, and Andro Wodman among them. Here, too, Nicholas meets again with others who have had an influence, for good or evil, in his life: King James III of Scotland and his rebellious siblings; the St. Pols: Jordan, Simon, and young Henry; Mistress Bel of Cuthilgurdy and David de Salmeton; Anselm Adorne and Kathi his niece. Caught up in, and sometimes molding, the course of great events, Nicholas exhibits by turns the fierce silence with which he masks his secrets, and the explosive, willful gaiety that binds men, women, and children to him. And as the secrets of his birth and heritage come to light, Nicholas has to decide whether he desires to establish a future in Scotland for himself and his family, and a home for his descendants.

Gemini brings to a dazzling conclusion Dorothy Dunnett's House of Niccolò series (synopsized in this volume), in which this peerless novelist has vividly re-created the dramatic, flamboyant world of the early Renaissance in historical writing of scrupulous authenticity and in the entrancing portrait of her visionary hero. Now, in a book infused with wit and poetry, emotion and humor, action and mystery, she brings Nicholas de Fleury at last to choose his heart's home, where he can exercise all his skills as an advisor to kings and statesmen, as a husband, a father, and a leader of men--and where, perhaps, we will discern a connection between him and that other remarkable personality, Francis Crawford, whose exploits Lady Dunnett recorded so memorably in The Lymond Chronicles.

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Stop at number 4 -- Scales of Gold.......2004-10-27

I read the first book in the Niccolo series before I read the Lymond series or King Hereafter. After reading that book, I couldn't get enough of Dunnett. I've read everything she wrote, which took some doing, because many of the books were not readily available.
That said, I can't recommend Gemini. For the first four books, I thought the Niccolo series was the best historical fiction ever written. But the series begins to deteriorate with number 5, although there are still some good moments. Unfortunately by number 8, the story is just plain boring. Read about your own father -- he's probably more interesting.
I recommend that anyone not already in love with Dunnett's writing, just stop after the fourth book (Scales of Gold). And even if you ARE in love with Dunnett, I would give Gemini a miss. It's just too disappointing.

Connected by blood (from the Times Literary Supplement).......2002-08-16

A slightly longer version of this review was originally published in The Times Literary Supplement (No. 5080 August 11 2000). Dorothy Dunnett was so pleased with it that she took the reviewer to dinner at her club, The Caledonian in Belgravia, London, not long before she died.

This is the final novel in Lady Dunnett's eight-volume The House of Niccolò series, the "prequel" to her six-volume The Lymond Chronicles (1961-1975).
The House of Niccolò series begins in 1459, with Niccolò, an eighteen-year-old dye-yard apprentice in Bruges. The period covered saw the beginning of a north-westerly migration of wealth from the Mediterranean, first to Bruges and Antwerp, and after, under the oppression of the Hapsburgs, on to Amsterdam and London. An unprecedented explosion of wealth from trade allowed a unique, and short-lived, social mobility between the merchants and the aristocracy, giving rise to the merchant-princes. The Renaissance was gaining momentum, accelerated by an exodus of scholars to the West, following the fall of Constantinople six years earlier. Seven novels later, Niccolò is a formidable figure, a master of trade and politics, who - among other adventures - was at the fall of Trebizond, visited the schools of Timbuktu before its destruction in 1468, dabbled in the Cypriot succession and fought with Charles the Bold at the Battle of Nancy.
Against this vast historical and geographical backdrop, a family history unfolds. Niccolò was rejected as illegitimate by his mother's husband, the beautiful and vicious Simon de St Pol, and when he tries to prove his legitimacy he is met with force, both physical and financial, from Simon and Simon's father, the formidable Jordan de Riberac. Niccolò works his way up from the lowly position they have forced on him, using a range of talents deriving from his superhuman abilities with mathematics.
Niccolò is soon in a position to exact revenge, and it is this which earns him the mistrust of his friends, especially when he attacks his family by bankrupting their homeland, Scotland. This is symptomatic of his one great flaw; Niccolò lacks malice, but he has no conscience when lost in the workings of his plans. "I'd begun to notice I'd gone too far... [but] it was beautiful. Wheels are beautiful." Scotland is also the winning-stroke in his eight year conflict with his wife. She tries to prove herself his equal but ends by accepting that no one is. When Gemini begins they are reunited, and Niccolò returns to Scotland for reparation and to neutralise the threat from his family. Another difficulty is that Simon is blindly bringing up Niccolò's son, Henry, as his own. The physical resemblance between Simon and Niccolò's son could prove Niccolò's origins, but he reckons the damage of the revelation would be too great. The author has no such qualms, and in Gemini, Dunnett mercilessly ties up loose ends. No more can be said without giving away the plot, for this is truly the last volume of a series. It can be read on its own, but should be taken as the conclusion of a great work.
Fiction is constrained by fact, and nowhere more so than historical fiction, where the story must fit in the spaces between recorded history. Dunnett gets around this difficulty by thorough research. There are something like 600 names in the character list for Gemini, of whom fewer than fifty are not "recorded in history". In two areas, however, Dunnett seems to lose her attachment to realistic historical narrative. The first is the weight given to astrology (hence the titles of the books) and divining, which increases as time passes. It is hard not to link this with her philosophy of history, which views the course of events as a directed stream, in a Hegelian sense, the avatars of which are the great men, fictional and real, who are central to her narrative. Dunnett may hold neither view personally, but both traits in the fiction suggest an underlying mysticism. Fortunately, the reader is not expected to swallow this completely.
Dunnett's writing style is not the neutral prose of genre fiction and can be hard to read. The rhythm of her writing is often awkward in descriptive passages containing unwieldy lists of information, combined with the archaic manner of which historical novelists are often guilty. At times, this works with the melodramatic content to produce a powerful, operatic mixture. As Dunnett has progressed her style has improved and developed. Her strongest writing is in the dialogue, where she displays her characters' intelligence while masking intentions. Her characters' speech is filled with apt quotation, sometimes a little too much. One would expect men of learning to know their Greeks, Romans and the Bible; obscure allusions to authors such as William Dunbar, the Pléiade poet de Baïf, and the playwright John Heywood are all used lightly - often just a phrase - and usually left unidentified and untranslated.

However, it is neither as a literary novelist nor as a historian, but as a writer of historical fiction that Dorothy Dunnett deserves recognition. She has taken two men, Lymond and Niccolò, who, like all heroes of romantic fiction, are described exclusively in superlatives, and thought about how such "megalopsychic" creatures would affect and be affected by others. This psychological realism within the fantasy is matched by the convolutions of plot. A mere fifty pages before the end of Gemini, we discover that one of Niccolò's oldest friends, familiar for over 4,000 pages and twenty-five years, is his most implacable enemy. We then discover that Niccolò knew this, and resisted taking action because of consanguinity. The revelation is rendered credible by a lightly drawn but consistent trail of evidence and by the technique of never revealing a character's whole thoughts, even when the narrative perspective is within the character's mind. The author's patience and complexity run through both series of novels, which are linked, something hinted at by the first physical description of Simon. The publication of Gemini completes an ambitious literary circle.

At Last.......2002-07-31

It took eight books, but finally all of the plots come together. I read the first seven books again before attempting this one and it was worthwhile. The revelation of the true villan is like a light bulb going on, it all made perfect sense. The epilogue tying this series into the Lymond Chronicle also explained some of the plot twists. Francis Crawford of Lymond is still my favourite, well except for Phillipa I just wish there could be more, perhaps the adventures of the first Francis or the later adventures of Francis and Phillipa.

Dame Dunnett Ran Out of Gas.......2002-07-18

I mostly concur with those disappointed by this finale to an otherwise enthralling series.

There are really two "stories" to comment upon. First, the overarching story of the eight novels ends less than satisfactorily, with the wholesale slaughter of characters overdone. Where is the final confrontation with Simon? Hardly anyone at the end gets enlightened with Henry's true parentage--one of the main plot drivers of the whole series. And who the heck is Bonne? I'll pay Dunnett the compliment of intentionally leaving a few loose ends (do any of these dovetail into the Lymond books?), but they are frustrating all the same. Don't look for any further character development except for Henry and, perhaps, Jodi a bit. The fascinating Gelis turns into a cardboard character after the reconciliation, and Nicholas morphs into a helplessly manipulated wimp. An epilogue linking to the Lymond novels, though, is understated and beautiful--every word counts here.

Second, the story within the novel is a blithering account of mind-numbing minutiae of Scottish politics and history. Where is the adventure and suspense of Africa, Trebizond, Egypt, and Cypress? Other that a Scot, who cares about which clan supported which palace intrigue? And the occasional list of Scottish lords and their relationships (characters who are otherwise not introduced and about whom we care nothing, although they also pad the bloated List of Characters at the front of the book) are sleep-inducing at best. I am sure Dunnett waxed proud of her beloved Scotland, but had this been the first novel of the series, it would have been my last.

Despite all of the above, of course you should read Gemini if you have read the rest. It's hard to say goodbye to such compelling characters. Just be prepared for a big disappointment.

A totalling Stunning Ending to a wonderful series!!.......2001-09-17

I am stunned after completing this eighth book in the Niccolo series, but I'm also very, very sad. I have now finished all fourteen books in Ms. Dunnett's saga and it saddens me to know that there is no new installment where I can lose myself in this quite remarkable family. In this book we finally get a lot of answers as to why Niccolo acted as he did in all the previous books. We see who is real enemy has been over the years and it is a surprise to all of his friends even though Niccolo has known all along. He has tried to minimize the damage and tried to control this serpent in his midst, but finds that it can't be done and it comes to a sad, sad conclusion. Niccolo faces great losses in this book, but he comes out a stronger man for them. Ms. Dunnett is truly a master storyteller and I recommend that everyone read her series the way she suggests. She suggests that you read the six Lymond chronicles in the right order and then these eight in the Niccolo series, and then go back and re-read the Lymond chronicles. All will be much clearer and her prose is so complex that a first reading of all the books is not nearly enough to get all the complexities and double-dealings that occur as standard fare. I am exhilerated after completing the series, but as I mentioned, very sad. I don't think I'll find an author or a series to compare. I would give the entire series of fourteen books ten stars if I could.

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Just when i think it can't get better Mark Burnell blows me out of the water with another great thriller!
Great Thriller!

Gemini
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Just when i think it can't get better Mark Burnell blows me out of the water with another great thriller!.......2006-07-09

I have read the first three of Mark's Stephanie Patrick series and was never let down by any of them. I still have The Third Woman to read, but i am saving that one for a rainy day. I can't wait to see what New Line also is goin to do with The Rhythm Section once it hits theaters worldwide. I hope that they stick to the book!
Stephanie is back at it again in Gemini where she is sent out again by megenta house to gather information on something called 'gemini' after alexander makes her a deal she can't refuse...her freedom. Little does she know that the deal that alexander gives her will utlimately lead her into very dangerous conflicts...i don't want to give away the ending but i love it! Stephanie is back and better then ever in this third installment in the series. She even sees Kostya unexpectedly. But hey you will have to pick this one up if you you want to know more! Stephanie isn't your typical everyday girl! She was torn from her life years ago and tried to hide only later to be found in the prevous novel by Burnell, 'Chameleon'. I would have to say that this one had me laughing, crying, and even saying "yes". Hope that if you decide to read it u too will know the world of stephanie patrick...a world which is very close to this one.
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Great Thriller!.......2005-11-29

This is the third novel in the Stephanie Patrick series. I haven't read the others yet, but I will definitely read them in the future. Basically, it's about a female assassin, who lives a double live. One obviously being an assassin, another being a normal civillian living in London. She struggles to gain her freedom from her organization by taking a mission that she normally won't take. That's when the fun begins and her two lives begin to merge together.
I have to admit that I almost stop reading in the beginning. It starts a little slow, and there are too many desciptions and background information for the characters, which slows down the pace. However, when you get into it, it starts to move on, and eventually by the end, you can't put down until you finish. Also, another thing that I want to point out is the writing style. I really like the action scenes. The descriptions are excellent and some what realistic. However, it's a bit jarring when the author change from third-person to first-person.

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Cozy Tale of Deception and Romance on the Scottish Coast
Charming Early Pilcher
Cozy as a Cup of Tea
Deceptions Hurt the Heart!
A delightful story

Under Gemini
Rosamunde Pilcher
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When you read a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher you enter a special world where emotions sing from the heart. A world that lovingly captures the ties that bind us to one another-the joys and sorrows, heartbreaks and misunderstandings, and glad, perfect moments when we are in true harmony. A world filled with evocative, engrossing, and above all, enjoyable portraits of people's lives and loves, tenderly laid open for us....It deemed such an innocent deception. All Flora Waring had to do was play the part of Rose, her long-lost twin, for one weekend and meet the family of Rose's fiance. But when Flora is introduced to the Armstrong family, she realizes that she has inherited the secret scandal Rose created five years before....and left wounds that turn the man Flora loves against her.

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Cozy Tale of Deception and Romance on the Scottish Coast.......2007-08-14

When I'm looking for a book that is comforting and cozy, I can always turn to Rosamunde Pilcher. Her stories are perfect for returning readers to a simpler time when family was all that mattered and desires of the heart were satisfied in due course.

UNDER GEMINI, one of my favorites of her earlier and shorter novels, is based on a spur-of-the-moment deception in which one twin steps into a situation pretending to be the other twin. An aging matriarch, a sprawling Scottish mansion, and the extended household who welcome the impostor add both complication and charm to this enjoyable tale.

Flora Waring never knew she had a twin until a chance meeting in a London restaurant reveals betrayal and family secrets. When twin Rose Schuster wants to dump her fiancé and head off to Greece with a new paramour, it is Flora who pretends to be Rose and plays the part of the happy fiancé. Doing the wrong thing for the right reason backfires on Flora and she finds herself trapped in a web of lies in the midst of a family she has come to love.

Among the enchanting characters are: Tuppy, the bed-ridden matriarch; Isobel, the spinster daughter; Antony, the charming grandson; Anna, the betrayed wife; Brian, the philandering husband; and Dr. Hugh Kyle, the often morose widower who confuses and bemuses Flora's life.

The truth simplifies everything and we can close the book reassured that happiness is attainable and a cup of tea is always in order.

Charming Early Pilcher.......2004-05-14

I don't think that Rosamunde Pilcher could write a bad book, but this, one of her earliest, is one of her best. It has all the wonderful Pilcher elements: the stately old home gone slightly shabby; the wonderfully individual characters (in this case, in Scotland rather than Pilcher's often-used Cornwall venue); the stalwart hero/heroines bearing secret grief in silence.

Our heroine, Flora, suddenly finds at age 22 that she has an identical twin from whom she was separated at birth. That twin, Rose, is everything that Flora is not--and does not wish to be. But before Flora can find this out, she is drawn into a ridiculous and dangerous scheme. She will impersonate Rose, who has jilted her perfectly nice fiance Antony, in front of Antony's dying grandmother, Tuppy.

Thus begins a fraught journey to the aforementioned crumbling estate in Scotland, a love-at-first-sight meeting with the grandmother, and a week-long charade that brings Flora close to permanent disaster, and changes everyone around her. Of course the reader prays for a happy ending and a nice, bracing cup of hot tea.

Simply a gem. If this is a Pilcher you have missed, give yourself a treat and curl up with it at the first opportunity.

Cozy as a Cup of Tea.......2003-01-18

Improbability, coincidence and pure fate take center stage as identical twins separated at birth come upon their mirror image quite accidentally while in a London restaurant. After a night spent puzzling through the bizarre circumstances of their lives, jet-setting sister Rose takes off to Greece -- leaving her much more down-to-earth twin Flora to deal with a recently dumped fiancé. Somehow Flora is convinced to accompany the fiancé to Scotland to comfort a grandmother who is supposedly dying. The drama mounts, as does the dishonesty, and Flora finds herself living a life she never imagined. When the house of cards begins to collapse, will the friendships survive the betrayal? And, has the right sister fallen for the wrong man? A bit of a relic, but cozy as a cup of tea on a cold and windy Scottish coast.

Deceptions Hurt the Heart!.......2002-12-01

Every family hides something, but Flora Waring discovered deception in hers. At 22 she learned she had an identical twin sister, Rose, who lived with the mother Flora didn't remember at all. And when Flora ended up impersonating the high-spirited, spoiled Rose, she would have to face how cruel lies can be. When she agreed to accompany Rose's fiance to meet his grandmother in a picturesque town on the Scottish coast, she would quickly fall in love with the lush green countryside, the Armstrong family, and a rare, wonderful man. But she would also confront Rose's shocking secrets and a betrayal that would break her heart.

This was a great read as all of Pilcher's books are! I became very engrossed in this story.

A delightful story.......2001-06-04

Covers a week in the life of Flora, one of twins, each raised by one parent when they separated. Flora is 22 and returning to London from Cornwell where she has spent the last year with her Dad and his new wife. She accidently runs into her sister, rose and they discover their story. Their Mom is married to a rich man and rose takes Flora to the luxury apt. they have in London. Emter Anthony Armstrong who was engaged to Rose. His granny is dying and wants to see Anthony and Rose. He talks Flora into posing as Rose and go with him to his home in Scotland for the weekend. Rose and her Mom vacationed there when she was 17 and she had an affair who now wants to renew the relationship. Flora falls for someone else. This is an early Pilcher novel and not as wonderful as her later ones.

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This stunning collection of images illustrates the incredible impact the Gemini space missions had on science and the amazing crew and spacecraft that were instrumental to the program’s success. Essential facts obtained from official NASA documents detail the science involved in reaching Earth’s orbit and remaining in space for days at a time and provide insight into the data gleaned during the Gemini missions that eventually led to landing on the Moon. Comprehensive and succinct, this guide to the Gemini missions will appeal to both new and old space enthusiasts.

Rosamunde Pilcher: A Third Collection of Three Complete Novels: The Empty House; The Day of the Storm; Under Gemini

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Lavishly romantic, 3 from the 1970s
The ultimate romantic page-turner !

Rosamunde Pilcher: A Third Collection of Three Complete Novels: The Empty House; The Day of the Storm; Under Gemini
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One of the most beloved writers of all time, Rosamunde Pilcher is the author of such internationally acclaimed bestsellers as The Shell Seekers and September. The Empty House is about being in love with the wrong man; The Day of the Storm is about discovering family—and its secrets; and Under Gemini is about deception. A wonderful new omnibus edition of three full-length novels by one of America's favorites.

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Lavishly romantic, 3 from the 1970s.......2003-01-18

Three absolutely delicious tales from Rosemunde Pilcher, re-released but all with copyright dates in the 1970s. For the most part, the stories have aged well - though this is a different millenia, a different century, and certainly different times.

Under Gemini -- Improbability, coincidence and pure fate take center stage as identical twins separated at birth come upon their mirror image quite accidentally while in a London restaurant. After a night spent puzzling through the bizarre circumstances of their lives, jet-setting sister Rose takes off to Greece -- leaving her much more down-to-earth twin Flora to deal with a recently dumped fiancé. Somehow Flora is convinced to accompany the fiancé to Scotland to comfort a grandmother who is supposedly dying. The drama mounts, as does the dishonesty, and Flora finds herself living a life she never imagined. When the house of cards begins to collapse, will the friendships survive the betrayal? And, has the right sister fallen for the wrong man? A bit of a relic, but cozy as a cup of tea on a cold and windy Scottish coast.

The Empty House -- An anachronism in the form of a delightfully romantic fairy tale. From the cliffs of Cornwall to a near castle in Scotland, our not-so-modern-day fairy princess finds herself (at age 27) the widow of Prince Not So Charming. Despite the fact the deceased Prince was unfaithful and domineering and only married the young girl to achieve his inheritance, it is still a little tough feeling sorry for the Poor Little Rich Girl, who has never worked a day in her life (nor will she ever have to). Finally, she is free to be herself and she ships her young children off with Nanny to her mother-in-law in London. She then returns to the Cornwall coast and the memory of a few chance encounters of her 17-year-old self with a local farmer. Rejecting the comfort and pampering of friends, she leases a modest home near Porthkerris, fires the Nanny and reclaims her children. But can she do it? And can the combine man of the cozy hearth really win the heart of the Pampered Princess? This is an early Pilcher, with very idealistic (and out of touch) plotting but the heavenly glimpses of home and heart and her beloved countryside quite save the book.

The Day of the Storm -- After a very unconventional upbringing, Rebecca Bayliss has found bliss in her dull life working in a London book shop and living in a solitary flat she is slowly furnishing. For once she is in control of her life, and quite content. But her mother's latest lover writes that her mother is dying, and Rebecca must hurry to Ibiza. There Rebecca finally learns of her family in Cornwall and the famous artist grandfather she's never known but whom she feels compelled to inform of his daughter's death. The story is full of unusual coincidences (sometimes called fate?) and makes several abrupt turns before reaching a surprise of an ending. While Pilcher lavishly paints the background of her books, a map would have really been lovely in this one.

The ultimate romantic page-turner !.......2000-05-27

If you're not familiar with Rosamunde Pilcher yet, waste no time and buy yourself a sample of her spellbinding work ! It has it all : the warmth, the cosiness, the romance, and even the suspense. In "Under Gemini", meet sensible Flora, who discovers she has a twin sister she had never known about, the glamorous Rose, and suddenly finds herself in a whirlwind of deceipt, drama, confusion, and... love. And you will be mesmerised by "The Empty House" and "The Day of the Storm", two compelling stories about love and the pursuit of happiness. PS : The good news is : Rosamunde Pilcher has published lots of other novels and short stories : you have hours of cosy cocooning ahead of you !

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