(pictured), was first published in January 1981 as a category romance.
Like other category romances, it was less than 200 pages and was
intended to be on sale for only one month. It proved so popular that it
was repackaged as a stand-alone romance and reprinted multiple times.
Roberts drew on her Irish heritage to create an Irish heroine, Adelia
"Dee" Cunnane. In the novel, Dee moves to the United States, where her
sick uncle arranges for her to marry his employer, wealthy American
horsebreeder Travis Grant. Although the early part of their relationship
is marked by frequent arguments, by the end of the story Travis and Dee
reconcile. According to one critic, the couple's transformation from
adversaries to a loving married couple is one of many formulaic elements
in the book. Although the protagonists adhered to many stereotypes
common to 1980s romance novels, Roberts's heroine is more independent
and feisty than most others of the time. Roberts wrote two sequels,
Irish Rebel and Irish Rose.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Thoroughbred>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
455:
After arranging for the assassination of Valentinian III,
Petronius Maximus seized the throne of the Western Roman Empire, only to
be killed 11 weeks later during the sack of Rome.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronius_Maximus>
1891:
The transatlantic steamship SS Utopia accidentally collided
with the battleship HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar, sinking in less
than twenty minutes and killing 562.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Utopia>
1963:
The most recent eruption of Mount Agung on Bali, Indonesia,
killed approximately 1,500 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Agung>
1969:
Golda Meir became the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golda_Meir>
1988:
Eritrean War of Independence: The Eritrean People's Liberation
Front encircled an Ethiopian force and gained a decisive victory in the
Battle of Afabet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Afabet>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
dudeen:
A short-stemmed Irish pipe made out of clay.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dudeen>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established
here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop. I am certain in my heart
that "all that I am," I have received from God. So I live among
barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.
--Saint Patrick
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick>
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