Elizabeth De Guise
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Elizabeth Mary Teresa de Guise, née Hunter on 1934 in Nairobi, Kenya. She spent much of her years in Kenya and South Africa, and studied at the Open University. Her brother Alexander also wrote Western novels. After their parents' divorce, she and her sister, decided change their surname by de Guise. Elizabeth wrote under the pseudonym of Isobel Chace, and under her real names: Elizabeth Hunter and Elizabeth de Guise. She was a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association. Elizabeth passed away in 2005, at 70.
Books
Puritan Wife
"That Stuart monster will never be my king!" Constance Aiken was no royalist When Cromwell fell she lost her ancestral estate. Then the Earl of Brede arrived in all his royalist splendor to take possession of her beloved home. Where was she to go? To her amazement the impetuous Earl swept her into a hasty marriage and off to the intrigue-ridden court of Charles II. There she struggled between the dictates of her Puritan conscience and growing love for her handsome husband. But, with such different backgrounds, could they find true love?
Flight of the Dragonfly
London, 1856. Sitting alone at home, Trudie is bored to distraction and, at seventeen, longs for her life to change and to breathe the fresh air of adventure. Independent, intelligent and defiant - all qualities her harsh, puritanical father finds abhorrent in a woman - she dreams of escape. So, when she meets her brother's friend, Jeremy Maddock, she falls in love not only with him but also with his exciting plan to open a new emporium in Regent Street. Within days of their marriage, Jeremy returns to his plantation in Malacca. Two years pass before the still innocent Trudie makes the arduous and dangerous journey out East to join him - only to make a shocking discovery that turns her whole world upside down. Set against the rich background of 19th century Singapore and Malacca, this novel bring to life a vivid world of heady romance and exotic adventure. Here is a saga of a daring young woman who has the courage to seek happiness and love - and the determination to find it.