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The vast multi-generational epic that began with The Tea Rose and continued with The Winter Rose now reaches its dramatic conclusion in The Wild Rose.
Longdon, 1914. World War I is looming on the horizon, women are fighting for the right to vote, and global explorers are pushing the... read more
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Characters edit
- Willa Alden: Female explorer and lifelong love of Seamie Finnegan.
- Seamus Finnegan "Seamie": Explorer and lifelong love of Willa Alden
- Jennie Finnegan: Wife of Seamie Finnegan
- Joe Bristow: Married to Fiona Finnegan Bristow, Joe is a Labour Party Representative that really cares about the working poor of World War I London.
- Max Von Brandt: a spy? a double agent? a regular guy?
- Fiona Bristow: A tea mogul and savvy business woman.Fiona is married to Joe Bristow and the older sister to Sid Malone and Seamie Finnegan.
- Albie Alden: Willa's older brother and Seamie's friend. The three of them used to close, but time and circumstances have drawn them apart.
- James Finnegan: Seamie and Jennie's son
- Lawrence: truly of Arabia
- Josie: Actress and Billy Madden's former lover
- Sid Malone: Former crime boss, now a cattle rancher in California
- Katie Bristow: Joe and Fiona's daughter. She is a newspaper publisher and fights for the rights of women.
- Wilma: Add a description of this character.
- Billy Madden: Crime boss in London
- Willie
- Gladys Bigelow: Government secretary
- Flynn
- Charlie Bristow: Joe and Fiona's oldest son
- Khalaf
- Maud Selwyn Jones: India's sister and London socialite
- Eddie
- Burgess
- Mr. Foster
- Harriet: Doctor
- George
- Shackleton
- Bennie
- Stephen Stiles
- Peter
- Teddy Ko: drug lord
- Tom
- Rose Bristow: Joe's mother
- Fatima
- Abdul
- Auda
- India: Sid Malone's wife and female doctor
Setting & Locations edit
- East London
- Damascus
- Germany
- Paris
- Binsey
- Haifa
- Berlin
- Britain
- Cambridge
- Cairo
- Africa
- France
- Arabia
- Wapping
- Coburg
- Antarctica
- North Sea
- Tibet
- Exeter
- Whitechapel
- Scotland
- America
- Hackney
- Rongbuk
- South Pole
- Allenby
- California
- New York
- Faisal
- Belgium
- Kilimanjaro
- Nairobi
- Dover
- Calais
- Margate
- Wickersham Hall
- Turkey
- Sarajevo
- Charlotte
- Brighton
- Oxford
- Austria
- Hawk
- Rome
- Dr. Cobb
- Nepal
- Croydon
- Point Reyes
First Sentence edit
Did all English girls make love like a man? Or was it only this one?
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
August 1913
Tibet
Part One
March 1914
London
Chapters 1-47
Part Two
February 1918
Hejaz, Arabia
Chapters 48-122
Epilogue
September 1919
Kenya
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 3 in The Tea Rose Trilogy. (standard series)
Preceded by The Winter Rose.
This book is in 2011 Published Books. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jennifer Donnelly (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 2, 2011
ISBN: 9781401301040
Page Count: 640
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 2, 2011
ISBN: 9781401301040
Page Count: 640
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3604.O563 W55 2011
- Dewey: 813.6
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