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"Christian Langland is the rakish Duke of Jerveaux and a brilliant mathemitician. After a stroke leaves him unable to speak, his family thinks he is mad and commits him to a sanitarium. Maddy Timms, a spinster Quaker woman, is the only person who realizes he is NOT mad; he's just unable to speak. Christain's rage and frustration is matched by Maddy's understanding and compassion as he enlists her help."
MH, Resident Scholar
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Avon, Jun 2003, 6.99, 560 pp.
ISBN: 0380761327
In 1827 aristocratic mathematician and renowned rake Christian Langland suffers a stroke that leaves him unable to communicate though he feels his mind functions in every other capacity. His relatives, not wanting to deal with the ailing duke, see an opportunity to take over his wealth. They have him committed to a lunatic asylum.
Daughter of a mathematician whom worked with the now restrained Christian, Quaker Archimedea “Maddy” Timms spends time doing good deeds including visiting poor souls in the asylum. She met Christian before under different circumstances, but now with him imprisoned in his body and the asylum, she tries to provide solace. She realizes his mind is okay and makes efforts to help him. As their relationship strengthens its turns to love though his aristocratic family and her Quaker friends detest that this couple belongs together.
FLOWERS FROM THE STORM is a reprint from one of the best Regency romances of the past decade. The tale provides the audience with a different look at the era then normally seen. The lead characters are the keys to the gripping plot. Amanda struggles between her deep faith and her prohibited love for an outsider. Christian behaves like a stroke victim frustrated with his inability to communicate especially verbally. Amanda talks (and listens) like a Quaker and Christian's thoughts reflect his trouble comprehending what someone says and his frustration with his failure with language. Though that adds authenticity, readers need to adapt to the communications of the lead duo that is worth the effort.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- Regency era
Forbidden/mismatched love?
Yes
How mismatched?
- different religions
Struggling with whom?
- Cousin
Inner struggle subplot
Yes
Struggle with...
- (general) search for identity/new understanding
Caretaker, in love with
Yes
Falling in love with
- Nurse
Disability or addiction?
- physical disability/sickness/injury
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- wild
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
- somewhat romantic
Sex makes him
- more demanding
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- physically sick
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- doctor/medical
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
- not very romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
What % of story is romance related?
- 60%
- 70%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- actual description of sex
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- significantly more descript than dialog
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