Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Teaser Tuesday: Fleur by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

A couple of months ago I read the first book in this trilogy, Anna, and I teased from it. In my Teaser Tuesday post I mentioned that the book was overdue but there was no way that I wasn't going to finish the book before returning it. Funnily enough, I can say exactly the same thing about this book! Maybe I will get the trifecta when I get around to reading the third book in the trilogy!

This book is set in England and Russia around the time of the Crimean War.

My teaser comes from page 232:

"But Kirov is the Emperor's man, through and through, and you mustn't believe everything he says. Oh, he believe it all right - and I dare say the Emperor even believes it himself. There's an honourable precedent for rulers not to let one half of themselves know what the other half is thinking."
Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading. Head on over to find out all about it, and how to join in!

Don't forget to check out my current giveaway of the upcoming Geraldine Brook's release Caleb's Crossing.

41 comments:

  1. Always leaves them guessing to what we are about to do...

    Good teaser :)

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  2. Glad I do not have that problem.

    Stopping by from TT. Here's ours if you get a chance to visit: http://ourstack.blogspot.com/2011/03/tuesday-teasers.html

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  3. Sounds intriguing. Haven't heard of this trilogy before, but now I'm interested. Excellent teaser!

    Here's my tease.

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  4. Great tesers! Thank you for stopping by my blog

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  5. Good one -- it's true that rulers often turn a blind eye to some truths. I guess you can't be or do everything. I haven't (yet?) given this trilogy a try.

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  6. OOO nice teaser :) and thanx for dropping by my blog!

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  7. Intriguing. What kind of "honourable precedent" is that ? LOL.

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  8. Lol, great teaser! I've read much good about this serie.

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  9. Cool teaser thanks for taking a look at mine.

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  10. Sounds like a trilogy to check out! Thanks for sharing....

    Here's MY TUESDAY MEMES POST

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  11. How funny!
    My teaser this week is from ‘Mad Love’ by Suzanne Selfors

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  12. Interesting teaser!

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  13. dropping by for the reading of TT's.
    okay someone is going to have to show me how to make these links. lol, really.

    my teaser
    www.sidnethebookclubreviewer.blogspotcom

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  14. Great teaser...and the cover of the book is nice, kind of romantic.^^

    thx for stopping by my blog =)

    xoxo

    {SeMi}CrAzEd

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  15. An historical novel. Love them. Intriguing teaser. Here's My tease

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  16. What is it that the king believes so much? Very intriguing teaser

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  17. I remember your dilemma with the first book in this trilogy. And this is an historical period that I could learn more about On the list!

    Thanks for checking out "Still Alice" on Summit Musings

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  18. You are always reading the most interesting books! Great teaser!

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  19. Hhmmmm - interesting!
    Here's mine for this week:
    http://thebookgatherer.blogspot.com/2011/03/teaser-tuesday.html

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  20. An intriguing teaser. I don't usually read this type of book but I might just try this one!

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  21. So, who's doing the thinking and who's leading the country :) I love it when reading a book is such a wonderful experience!
    Thanks for stopping by -- Call my shallow, or something, but being the visual person I am, your blog/colors welcomed me and I am subscribing to your posts. (And I don't even care for the color purple :)

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  22. A trilogy is manageable. Her other series is so long! Maybe I will start here...

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  23. I'd love to read something by this author - I think it was her other series that's so long that I wanted to read but they weren't in ebooks. This sounds interesting as well.

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  24. Hi
    Thnx for stopping by my blog!
    you choose a great teaser!

    Kyanara

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  25. You make this trilogy sound good. Hope you manage to finish this one.

    Thanks for stopping by Quirky Girls Read

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  26. Thought-provoking.

    http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/03/teaser-tuesday_15.html

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  27. Sounds interesting!! Thanks for stopping by SunnyReads!!

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  28. Never let the right hand know what the left hand is doing? Not my favorite kind of people, but a great teaser.

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  29. The Crimean War?! That's not exactly a popular setting, kudos to the author for using it.

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  30. Man, this sounds like a really interesting trilogy! I wanted to read some historical fiction for a while (it is HF, right?^^)
    Crimean War.. gotta read it soon!

    Great teaser pick, worked on me for sure!

    (new follower!)

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  31. Haha I like that one. :-) Good pick. Looks like a book I'd like to read.
    Thank you for stopping by!

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  32. I'm yet to read Harrod-Eagles, but I really should. Her books sound so interesting. :)

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  33. That might cause some problems!
    Great teaser - I haven't read this trilogy despite the fact it's in the library.

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  34. another book blog, just starting, would like active readers to be associated
    http://bookendsreads.blogspot.com/

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  35. Great teaser! And thanks for stopping by my blog, I'm now a follower :)

    Jess @ Gone with the Words

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  36. Great teaser! I always like when the second book in a series lives up to my expectations.

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  37. Oh, I do like books with Asian flavors and Emperors and stuff. I'll have to scout out your review! Thanks for introducing this book to me, and also for stopping by my TT! I agree with you--I'd HATE it if my dad bethrothed me in today's world, though maybe I wouldn't have minded back in the day... Who knows?

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  38. Rulers do tend to do that! Nice teaser ^_^

    Thanks for dropping by mine! :)

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  39. This sounds like another of her numerous books to check out. I've only read one so far but I really enjoyed it.

    Here's mine: http://teddyrose.blogspot.com/2011/03/teaser-tuesday_15.html

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