{"product_id":"the-return-9798344371443","title":"The Return","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Marjorie Gilbert\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen years is a long time to be away from home, when you leave as a boy and return a man. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1790, Lord John Latham, the fifteen-year-old second son of a marquis, sailed to the West Indies. There he lived a very different life from the privileged one left behind. He became the manager of the family's sugarcane plantation. He also discovered boxing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe demands of the plantation, and the brutality of the boxing ring, helped shape the brash, over-confident boy into a thoughtful, confident young man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Latham returned to England in 1800, his privileged life was once again thrust upon him--a life at odds with his formative years. and is complicated still further by the reappearance of Isobel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReturned, it is a world in which Lord John Latham must decide if he can remain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarjorie Gilbert is author of three historical novels set England, and one set in past and present Portland, Maine. The first historical novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Return\u003c\/i\u003e, had been featured in discussion groups, as well as earned the author numerous requests to be a guest speaker at various book groups (including one in Australia). The author's second novel, \u003ci\u003eLord Wellesbourne\u003c\/i\u003e, received third prize in the Royal Ascot, a contest sponsored by the Beau Monde, a Regency-themed chapter of the Romance Writers of America. The third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Minister's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, is set in 1816 Kent. Gilbert lives in Maine with her husband and two daughters.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45569122074775,"sku":"9798344371443","price":1740.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798344371443.webp?v=1767465750","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-return-9798344371443","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}