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Violence
Some
17th-century plague; Royalist/Roundhead violence; some danger
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Mild romantic content in both timelines
Substance Use
Barely any
17th-century social culture
Emotional Intensity
A lot
A woman living in two timelines simultaneously; the weight of a love from the past; the plague in the historical period
What this book is about
Julia Beckett has dreamed of Greywethers, an old house in Wiltshire, her whole life. When she's finally able to buy it, she begins slipping back to the seventeenth century—becoming Mariana, a woman who loved a man who died. Mariana is Kearsley's most famous novel and one of the most beloved dual-timeline romances ever written.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Dual-timeline—living in both past and present simultaneously
17th-century plague
Mild romantic content—the past romance is the emotional core
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