i've got a book from 1909 that might be considered romance. it's called in the place of the king by f. marion crawford. "the king" is phillip the second of spain. the heroine is in love with the king's half-brother; don john of austria & he with her. her father is against the relationship because don john will be made to have a royal marriage & the king will annul the marriage with his daughter & bring scandal on the family. so he's planning to send her to a convent. add to this a scheming countess, a dwarf jester being manipulated by said countess & the king, not to mention the heroine's blind younger sister is secretly in love with don john. there's not "unity" or "uniting" or whatever it was. just some hand holding and chaste kisses.
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Date: Sep. 30th, 2008 08:45 pm (UTC)add to this a scheming countess, a dwarf jester being manipulated by said countess & the king, not to mention the heroine's blind younger sister is secretly in love with don john.
there's not "unity" or "uniting" or whatever it was. just some hand holding and chaste kisses.