Scent of Cloves Author:Norah Lofts This is the haunting, exciting story of a beautiful woman who traveled halfway around the world to marry a man she had never seen. — "Scent of Cloves" sweeps its heroine from the Netherlands in the turbulent 17th century to fantastic adventure, intrigue, and romance in the Dutch East Indies, where island riches were legendary and "nutmeg princes"... more » ruled over barbaric plantations.« less