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| − | She was a wild, untamed creature, entirely at home dancing | + | 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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Revision as of 15:36, 1 June 2011
| By Eric von Stroheim | |
| Publisher | Harlequin Romance #150 |
| Release Month | 1952 (US) |
| Harlequin Romance Series # | |
| Preceded by | Remembering Laughter |
| Followed by | The Great I Am |
- 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.
