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The Rationalist

Silas Grange is a handsome young doctor who prides himself on keeping his appetites under perfect control. But when Grange is summoned by a mysterious, voluptuous widow named Celia Quill, he submits readily to the power of her sensuality. Calmly, expertly, and with studied poise, Mrs. Quill initiates Grange into pleasures beyond his imagination ... and then proceeds to betray him with deceit beyond his darkest fears.

Set in an eighteenth-century English world of polished surfaces and secret desires, THE RATIONALIST weaves a story of reason overthrown by passion, pure intellect subverted by sexual obsession. Warwick Collins, acclaimed author of CHALLENGE, proves himself a master of historical fiction and a prose stylist of extraordinary power.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 251
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780345391858
  • Genres
  • fiction
  • Release date
  • 1995