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The Myrtle Wand

By Margaret Porter - Published 2022

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This tragic tale of misunderstandings and betrayal is set in the early days of Louis XIV, before Versailles. 1649: Princess Bathilde de Sevreau and ...Read Review

The Limits of Limelight

By Margaret Porter - Published 2021

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Sixteen-year-old Helen Nichols is pretty and intelligent but has never seen herself as someone special. However, her cousin, rising star Ginger Rogers, sees ...Read Review

Beautiful Invention: A Novel of Hedy Lamarr

By Margaret Porter - Published 2018

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Biographical Fiction

Spanning the years from 1932 (Extasy) to 1949 (Samson and Delilah), this is the story of Hedy Lamarr: actress, inventor (if you use a cell ...Read Review