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Brighter Than the Sun

  • 1997 first published
  • 382 pages
  • ★ 4.2 (4 ratings)
  • 10 editions

Julia Quinn's Brighter Than the Sun (1997) is a historical romance novel. It takes readers to England and Kent, England in the 19th century. It features Eleanor Lyndon and Charles Wycombe Earl of Billington. Readers will find themes of manners and customs.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 48 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 10 editions.

It runs to roughly 382 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Brighter Than the Sun

When Charles Wycombe, the dashing and incorrigible Earl of Billington, toppled out of a tree and landed at Ellie Lyndon‘s feet, neither suspected that such an inauspicious meeting would lead to marriage. But Charles must find a bride before his thirtieth birthday or he’ll lose his fortune. And Ellie needs a husband or her father’s odious fiancée will choose one for her. And so they agree to wed, even though their match appears to have been made somewhere hotter than heaven… Ellie never dreamed she’d marry a stranger, especially one with such a devastating combination of rakish charm and debonair wit. She tries to keep him at arm’s length, at least until she discovers the man beneath the handsome surface. But Charles can be quite persusasive—even tender—when he puts his mind to it, and Ellie finds herself slipping under his seductive spell. And as one kiss leads to another, this unlikely pair discovers that their marriage is not so inconvenient after all… and just might lead to love
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Eleanor Lyndon
  • Charles Wycombe Earl of Billington

Subjects

  • Historical Romance
  • Manners and customs

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Brighter Than the Sun?

Brighter Than the Sun was written by Julia Quinn and first published in 1997.

What genre is Brighter Than the Sun?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance.

How long is Brighter Than the Sun?

The median edition has 382 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Brighter Than the Sun?

Readers who like it often enjoy Something Wonderful, Mine Till Midnight (Platinum Romance Series) and Whitney, My Love.

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