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The Conquest

  • 1982 first published
  • 309 pages
  • 6 editions

The Conquest is a 1982 paranormal romance and ghost story novel by Jude Deveraux. It takes readers to England in 1447. Key subjects include middle Ages, Feud, ghosts and Medieval.

53 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 6 editions across 3 languages.

It runs to roughly 309 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Conquest

Lovely Zared Peregrine was the pride of her family, a treasure her rough-hewn brothers would strive at any cost to protect from their ancient enemies, the Howards. The Peregrines had suffered loss enough. Thus Zared's brothers trained her in the arts of war, and dressed her in boy's clothing. Beyond the castle walls, none knew that the youngest Peregrine was a girl.... Yet when the magnificent Knight Tearle Howard returned from a lengthy sojourn in France, it took him but one glance to discover that Zared was most definitely female, and beautiful. Now, as the enmity between their families raged on, Tearle would mount a bold campaign to win the ravishing spitfire's heart -- and save her from his brother's dark and deadly obsession! ________________________________________________________________________________ Blurb from fictiondb.com: Lovely 17-year-old Zared Peregrine is the pride of her family, a treasure her rough-hewn brothers, Rogan and Severn, will strive at any cost to protect from their ancient enemies, the Howards. The Peregrines have suffered loss enough in this blood feud
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Subjects

  • Middle Ages
  • Historical fiction
  • Feud
  • Ghosts
  • Historical Romance
  • Romance
  • Medieval
  • Forced Marriage
  • Tournament
  • Extended Family
  • Hidden Identity
  • Family Feud
  • Peregrine family
  • England
  • Historical romance

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote The Conquest?

The Conquest was written by Jude Deveraux and first published in 1982.

What genre is The Conquest?

It is usually shelved as Paranormal Romance, Ghost Stories, Historical Romance and Historical Fiction.

How long is The Conquest?

The median edition has 309 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Conquest?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Black Moth, Soulless and A Christmas Carol.

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