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| valign="top" | '''Release Month''' || 1952 (US) | | valign="top" | '''Release Month''' || 1952 (US) | ||
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| − | | colspan="2" | '''[[Harlequin Romance|Harlequin Romance]] Series #''' | + | | colspan="2" | '''[[Harlequin Romance|Harlequin Romance]] Series #150''' |
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| Valign="top" | '''Preceded by''' ||width="100px" | ''[[Remembering Laughter]]'' | | Valign="top" | '''Preceded by''' ||width="100px" | ''[[Remembering Laughter]]'' | ||
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| valign="top" | '''Followed by''' || ''[[The Great I Am]]'' | | valign="top" | '''Followed by''' || ''[[The Great I Am]]'' | ||
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| + | | colspan="2" | '''[[Harlequin Romance|Harlequin Romance]] Series #214''' | ||
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| + | | Valign="top" | '''Preceded by''' ||width="100px" | ''[[The Royal Story]]'' | ||
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| + | | valign="top" | '''Followed by''' || ''[[Turn Back The River]]'' | ||
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* '''Author''': [[Eric von Stroheim]] | * '''Author''': [[Eric von Stroheim]] | ||
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She was a wild, untamed creature, entirely at home dancing naked for her tribe, or picking the pocket of some unsuspecting soldier. It was written in the stars, the Paprika, the Gypsy Queen, would love only one man, and that man she would torture. Men fought to the death to make her their bride, yet she would have none of them. Everywhere Paprika went she caused laughter and love, death and bloodshed. For Paprika was so beautiful that all men wanted to love her, and all women wanted to kill her. Her story reveals the unbelievably cruel world in which the Gypsies lived. Theirs was a crude life full of hardship, poverty and filth. Yet through it all, they played their sad, tormented music, or drank the whole right long to the sound of women's laughter and the tattoo of dancing feet. A man could have many wives. He could kill, steal, and rape. And Paprika, the Blonde Gypsy, ruled them all with her beauty and her intense passion. | She was a wild, untamed creature, entirely at home dancing naked for her tribe, or picking the pocket of some unsuspecting soldier. It was written in the stars, the Paprika, the Gypsy Queen, would love only one man, and that man she would torture. Men fought to the death to make her their bride, yet she would have none of them. Everywhere Paprika went she caused laughter and love, death and bloodshed. For Paprika was so beautiful that all men wanted to love her, and all women wanted to kill her. Her story reveals the unbelievably cruel world in which the Gypsies lived. Theirs was a crude life full of hardship, poverty and filth. Yet through it all, they played their sad, tormented music, or drank the whole right long to the sound of women's laughter and the tattoo of dancing feet. A man could have many wives. He could kill, steal, and rape. And Paprika, the Blonde Gypsy, ruled them all with her beauty and her intense passion. | ||
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| + | ==Publication History== | ||
| + | * '''1952''' - ''Paperback Release'' ([[Mills and Boon Romance|Mills & Boon Romance]] [[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|#140]]) | ||
| + | * '''1953''' - ''Paperback Release'' ([[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#214]]) | ||
==Cover Variation (By Release Date)== | ==Cover Variation (By Release Date)== | ||
Revision as of 07:47, 16 July 2011
| By Eric von Stroheim | |
| Publisher | Harlequin Romance #150 |
| Release Month | 1952 (US) |
| Harlequin Romance Series #150 | |
| Preceded by | Remembering Laughter |
| Followed by | The Great I Am |
| Harlequin Romance Series #214 | |
| Preceded by | The Royal Story |
| Followed by | Turn Back The River |
- Author: Eric von Stroheim
- Publisher: Harlequin Romance #150
- Year: 1952
Book Description
She was a wild, untamed creature, entirely at home dancing naked for her tribe, or picking the pocket of some unsuspecting soldier. It was written in the stars, the Paprika, the Gypsy Queen, would love only one man, and that man she would torture. Men fought to the death to make her their bride, yet she would have none of them. Everywhere Paprika went she caused laughter and love, death and bloodshed. For Paprika was so beautiful that all men wanted to love her, and all women wanted to kill her. Her story reveals the unbelievably cruel world in which the Gypsies lived. Theirs was a crude life full of hardship, poverty and filth. Yet through it all, they played their sad, tormented music, or drank the whole right long to the sound of women's laughter and the tattoo of dancing feet. A man could have many wives. He could kill, steal, and rape. And Paprika, the Blonde Gypsy, ruled them all with her beauty and her intense passion.
Publication History
- 1952 - Paperback Release (Mills & Boon Romance #140)
- 1953 - Paperback Release (Harlequin Romance #214)
