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Historical Romance

The Frightened Bride

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  • 1975 first published
  • 171 pages
  • 8 editions
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The Frightened Bride is a 1975 historical romance novel by Barbara Cartland. Much of the action takes place in India. Characters include Seraphina and Major Kelvin Ward. Key subjects include Marriage of Convenience.

38 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 8 editions.

It runs to roughly 171 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Frightened Bride

It was hardly a love match. The couple met for the first time at the altar when they exchanged their marriage vows. The bride's wealthy, dictatorial father had bribed and blackmailed Major Kelvin Ward into marrying his only daughter. Kelvin had no choice but to go through with the wedding, but he bitterly resented the old man's scheming and the girl who had deprived him of his freedom. Now Seraphina, his young wife sat trembling in the bridal cabin of the ship that was carrying them to India, dreading the approach of the angry stranger who had just become her husband.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Characters

  • Seraphina
  • Major Kelvin Ward

Subjects

  • Historical Romance
  • Marriage of Convenience

Quick answers

Who wrote The Frightened Bride?

The Frightened Bride was written by Barbara Cartland and first published in 1975.

What genre is The Frightened Bride?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance.

How long is The Frightened Bride?

The median edition has 171 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Frightened Bride?

Readers who like it often enjoy Follow the Shadows, Seeking Persephone and How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days.

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