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|-
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| colspan="2" align="center" width="175px" | [[File:Book-Cover-MBR0410-Blue Jasmine-1969.12-Violet Winspear.jpg|175px|thumb|center|1969 UK Edition]]
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|- style="background:lightgray" align="center"
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| colspan="2" | '''By [[Violet Winspear]]'''
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|-
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| valign="top" width="75px" | '''Publisher''' ||width="100px" | [[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1399]]
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|-
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|   || [[Mills and Boon Romance | Mills & Boon Romance]] [[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|#410]]
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|-
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| valign="top" | '''Release Month''' || May 1970 (US)
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|-
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|   || Dec 1969 (UK)
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|- style="background:lightgray" align="center"
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| colspan="2" | '''[[Harlequin Romance]] Series #'''
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|-
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| valign="top" | '''Preceded by'''||''[[Feast Of The Candles]]''
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|-
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| valign="top" | '''Followed by'''||''[[The Distant Trap]]''
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|- style="background:lightgray" align="center"
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| colspan="2" | '''[[Mills and Boon Romance | Mills & Boon Romance]] Series #'''
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|-
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| valign="top" | '''Preceded by'''||''[[That Young Person]]''
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|-
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| valign="top" | '''Followed by'''||''[[A Wife For Andrew]]''
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|}
 
* '''Author''': [[Violet Winspear]]
 
* '''Author''': [[Violet Winspear]]
* '''Publisher''': [[Harlequin Romance]]
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* '''Publisher''': [[Mills and Boon Romance | Mills & Boon Romance]] [[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|#410]]
* '''Year''': 1970
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* '''Year''': 1969, December
  
 
==Book Description==
 
==Book Description==
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===Blurb 1===
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"You will go to a lonely place in the sands of the desert," the Arab diviner warned Lorna, "pursued by a man with dark hair."
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Lorna scoffed. Her plans would not be spoiled by foolish tales.
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But she was wrong. For now she found herself held captive by Kasim ben Hussayn-- a man with the power to make people love him. Lorna wanted only to hate him!
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===Blurb 2===
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A friend warned Lorna of the dangers in travelling alone to the Oasis of Fadna, but Lorna scoffed that she couldn't be alarmed by tales of ardent and dangerous Arabs who carry off lovely firls to their harems - 'The bedouin prefer their own kind of woman.' But she was wrong!
 
A friend warned Lorna of the dangers in travelling alone to the Oasis of Fadna, but Lorna scoffed that she couldn't be alarmed by tales of ardent and dangerous Arabs who carry off lovely firls to their harems - 'The bedouin prefer their own kind of woman.' But she was wrong!
  
==Facts==  
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==Publication History==
* Had a musical stage version in Japan in 1983 with Kurara Haruka as Lorna and Rei Asami as Kasim
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* '''1969, December''' - ''Paperback Release'' ([[Mills and Boon Romance|Mills & Boon Romance]] [[Mills and Boon Romance By The Numbers|#410]]) (UK Original Release)
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* '''1970, May''' - ''Paperback Release'' ([[Harlequin Romance]] [[Harlequin Romance By The Numbers|#1399]]) (US Original Release)
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* '''1977, January''' - ''Paperback Release'' ([[Mills and Boon Best Seller Romance|Mills & Boon Classics]] [[Mills and Boon Best Seller Romance By The Numbers|#91]])
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* '''1978''' - ''Unknown Release'' (Bianca nº 01, Publisher: Nova Cultural) (Brazilian Original Release)
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::'''Title''': ''Escrava do amor''
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* '''1983''' - ''Unknown Release'' (Edição Histórica, Publisher: Nova Cultural) (Brazilian 1st Reissue)
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::'''Title''': ''As 3 Primeiras Histórias de Bianca, Julia e Sabrina'' (omnibus with ''[[Caroline]]'' by [[Anne Mather]] and ''[[The Sheik's Captive]]'' by Violet Winspear)
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* '''1994''' - ''Unknown Release'' (Publisher: Nova Cultural) (Brazilian 2nd Reissue)
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* '''2001''' - ''Unknown Release'' (Publisher: Nova Cultural) (Brazilian 3nd Reissue)
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==Cover Variation (By Release Date)==
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{|
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|- valign="top"
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| [[File:Book-Cover-MBR0410-Blue Jasmine-1969.12-Violet Winspear.jpg|125x197px|thumb|left|Dec 1969 <br\>UK Edition]]
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| [[File:Book-Cover-MBC0091-1977.01-Blue_Jasmine-Violet_Winspear.jpg|125x197px|thumb|left|Jan 1977 <br\>UK Edition]]
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| [[File:Ju01.jpg|125x197px|thumb|left|1978 <br\>Brazilian Edition]]
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| [[File:Edicao Historica As 3 Primeiras Historias de Bianca, Julia e Sabrina Capa.jpg|thumb|125x197px|thumb|left|1983 <br\>Brazilian 1st Reissue]]
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| [[File:Book-Cover-HR1399-Blue Jasmine-1969.12-Violet Winspear.jpg|125x197px|thumb|left|Release Unknown <br\>US Reissue]]
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|}
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==Trivia==
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* A musical stage version was produced in Japan in 1983. Kurara Haruka as Lorna and Rei Asami as Kasim.

Latest revision as of 23:05, 2 November 2011

1969 UK Edition
By Violet Winspear
Publisher Harlequin Romance #1399
  Mills & Boon Romance #410
Release Month May 1970 (US)
  Dec 1969 (UK)
Harlequin Romance Series #
Preceded by Feast Of The Candles
Followed by The Distant Trap
Mills & Boon Romance Series #
Preceded by That Young Person
Followed by A Wife For Andrew

Book Description

Blurb 1

"You will go to a lonely place in the sands of the desert," the Arab diviner warned Lorna, "pursued by a man with dark hair."

Lorna scoffed. Her plans would not be spoiled by foolish tales.

But she was wrong. For now she found herself held captive by Kasim ben Hussayn-- a man with the power to make people love him. Lorna wanted only to hate him!

Blurb 2

A friend warned Lorna of the dangers in travelling alone to the Oasis of Fadna, but Lorna scoffed that she couldn't be alarmed by tales of ardent and dangerous Arabs who carry off lovely firls to their harems - 'The bedouin prefer their own kind of woman.' But she was wrong!

Publication History

Title: Escrava do amor
  • 1983 - Unknown Release (Edição Histórica, Publisher: Nova Cultural) (Brazilian 1st Reissue)
Title: As 3 Primeiras Histórias de Bianca, Julia e Sabrina (omnibus with Caroline by Anne Mather and The Sheik's Captive by Violet Winspear)
  • 1994 - Unknown Release (Publisher: Nova Cultural) (Brazilian 2nd Reissue)
  • 2001 - Unknown Release (Publisher: Nova Cultural) (Brazilian 3nd Reissue)

Cover Variation (By Release Date)

Dec 1969 <br\>UK Edition
Jan 1977 <br\>UK Edition
1978 <br\>Brazilian Edition
1983 <br\>Brazilian 1st Reissue
Release Unknown <br\>US Reissue

Trivia

  • A musical stage version was produced in Japan in 1983. Kurara Haruka as Lorna and Rei Asami as Kasim.