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bobbieinok

(12,858 posts) Sat Nov 30, 2019, 08:34 AM Nov 2019

Weird---Rance Nelius, a character in Grace Livingston Hill's book Stranger Within the Gates, name so [View all]

Close to Rrince Priebus!?

Hill was a conservative Christian author of romance novels presenting a conservative Christian message.

I like some of them, eg, The Enchanted Barn and Cloudy Jewel.

In both these and others there are long descriptions of the main characters decorating their homes. They offer interesting info about what was viewed as good decorating among some circles at the beginning of the 20th century

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Weird---Rance Nelius, a character in Grace Livingston Hill's book Stranger Within the Gates, name so [View all] bobbieinok Nov 2019 OP

I vaguely remember that catrose Nov 2019 #1

Yrs ago I read many but didn't catch most of the theology. Rereading some, finding -- bobbieinok Nov 2019 #4

Hill died in 1947. Priebus was born in '72. Igel Nov 2019 #2

Just goes to show... robbob Nov 2019 #3

Grace Livingston Hill is a name I never expected to see here, LOL! 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2019 #5

Many free online at archive.bookfrom.net. Also several pages of titles at gutenberg bobbieinok Nov 2019 #6

Good to know - thanks! 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2019 #7

Also many free at 100vampirenovels.net bobbieinok Nov 2019 #8

Thanks! I was really into MZB's Darkover novels, I'll have to see if they're available. 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2019 #11

Some are at bookfrom or whatever it's called. I find it hard to wrap my head around that name! bobbieinok Nov 2019 #12

I'm hooked and just downloaded "Stranger" for free. Hortensis Nov 2019 #9

Have you read Gene Stratton Porter's Girl of the Limberlost and The Harvester? Decorating seems v m bobbieinok Nov 2019 #10