Birmingham Family · Book 1
The Flame and the Flower
- Published
- 1 January 1972
- Pages
- 502
- ISBN-13
- 9780060531874
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Flame and the Flower (1972) opens the Birmingham family's story at 502 pages and is widely credited as the book that created the modern historical romance genre, following orphan Heather Simmons and Charleston ship captain Brandon Birmingham from a forced marriage to genuine love.
Its place in Birmingham Family
The Flame and the Flower is book 1 in the Birmingham Family series. It is followed by The Elusive Flame. See the full Birmingham Family reading order.
The Flame and the Flower (1972) is widely credited as the book that created the modern historical romance genre: the first mass-market original romance novel to combine an explicit, extended love story with the sweeping historical-adventure plotting previously reserved for gothic and historical fiction, following penniless orphan Heather Simmons and Charleston ship captain Brandon Birmingham from a forced marriage to a genuine, hard-won love. Its runaway success (Avon's first mass-market original paperback…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780060531874