{"product_id":"the-passion-and-the-flower","title":"The Passion and the Flower","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-family: Cambria, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eStrikingly handsome the Russian Prince Ivan Volkonski leaves a trail of broken hearts behind him wherever he goes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-family: Cambria, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e            But, when his best friend, Lord Marston, takes him one evening to the famous \u003cspan class=\"italic\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThéâtre du Châtelet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italic\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003e in\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italic\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eParis,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italic\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003ehe witnesses a spellbinding dance performance of grace and spirituality that is to change his life forever. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-family: Cambria, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italic\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003e            The dancer, a beautiful young woman known only as Lokita, mesmerises and enthrals him with her dancing and brings back emotional memories of his family that he had almost forgotten. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-family: Cambria, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italic\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003e            And he is determined to see her again and make her his own. Frustrated to find that she will see no admirers in her dressing room at the theatre after her dancing, the Prince stages a ‘kidnapping’ to force her to meet him. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-family: Cambria, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italic\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003e            Instantly Lokita and the Prince are in love and there is an electric magic between them and the Prince believes that Fate has brought them together and that they have loved each other in many previous lives so strong are their feelings for each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-family: Cambria, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italic\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003e            But surely a commoner, no matter how beautiful and talented, cannot marry a Russian Prince? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-family: Cambria, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italic\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003e            The Czar of Russia, an absolute dictator, would never allow it and anyway Lokita’s over-protective\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italic\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eduenna and Guardian, the redoubtable Miss Anderson, is determined to keep Lokita as far away from the Prince and his advances as she possibly can. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barbara Cartland Ebooks ltd","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":66829003292976,"sku":"9781788670012","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-passion-and-the-flower","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}