Rose
About this book
The year is 1872. The place is Wigan, England, a coal town where rich mine owners live lavishly alongside miners no better than slaves. Into this dark, complicated world comes Jonathan Blair, who has accepted a commission to find a missing man. When he begins his search every road leads back to one woman, a haughty, vixenish pit girl named Rose. With her fiery hair and skirts pinned up over trousers, she cares nothing for a society that calls her unnatural, scandalous, erotic. As Rose and Blair circle one another, first warily, then with the heat of mutual desire, Blair loses his balance. And the lull induced by Rose's sensual touch leaves him unprepared for the bizarre, soul-scorching truth.
Reader Profile
4.3/5 · 75 readers · 374 pages · ≈ 6 h 56 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Rose?
About ≈ 6 h 56 m — 374 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Rose?
374 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Rose?
It sits on the Historical Fiction, Romance, Thriller shelves.
Is Rose in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Rose?
Martin Cruz Smith (1942–0).