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Review Excerpt: Historical Novel Society

Gilder's floridly-written novel takes place mostly in a Washington, D.C. poised to enter the twentieth century, and focuses on the upper-society circles of the Hargrove family and its forbidding patriarch. When disruption enters this family's placid life from the most unlikely quarter -- a tiny village a world away in Wales -- old family secrets are laid bare and all the Hargrove generations must deal with a series of revelations Gilder deploys with a good deal of narrative skill...She layers her story with such lush period color and unabashed emotion that readers will be swept away. Gilder has matched her Whartonesque setting with a Whartonesque narrative tone that she manages to carry off almost to perfection."

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When I started reading The Rose Beyond, I felt like I was sitting down to a lavish, well-thought-out feast where each course is extravagantly planned.

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Ms. Gilder's novel had me feeling as if I was there in every setting in the book. Her characters became real as I experienced their feelings and emotions by virtue of Ms. Gilder's vivid descriptions and vocabulary.

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I am not an avid reader, but I decided to give this book a try. I was immediately intrigued by the descriptive text. I felt like I was visualizing every scene...down to the smallest detail. The book grabbed my attention and held me captive until the end.

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Great reading!

I really enjoyed this book. I think it would make a great movie with the international connections and the characters. The bird would certainly be a big hit in a movie.