Island Of The Swans Part 1 Of 2 Author:Ciji Ware, Penelope Dellaporta Part One Of Two Parts Winner of Romantic Times Award for Best Fictionalized Biography Jane Maxwell was passionate, powerful, and controversial. Wife to one duke, mother to another, a patron of the poet Robert Burns, advisor to King George and the subject of a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Growing up in eighteenth century Scotland, Jane Max... more »well and Thomas Fraser are inseparable. Friendship turns into love, and they vow eternal togetherness. When told he's been killed in the American Colonies, Jane is heartbroken, and listlessly agrees to marry the handsome Duke of Gordon. Far from being dead, Fraser returns to claim his love, now another man's wife. Both a lyrical love story and a glorious portrait of an era, ISLANDS OF THE SWANS is like its heroine, feisty and unforgettable. "Don't miss ISLAND OF THE SWANS. Like Halley's Comet, grand, rich historical novels of this kind don't blaze on the firmament often these days." (Rave Reviews)« less