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Sea of Secrets: A Novel of Victorian Romantic Suspense
Illustrations, inspiration, and other delights associated with my novel Sea of Secrets, a gothic romance in the traditional style.
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I love the new cover for Sea of Secrets by Victoria Cooper Art!
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Sea of Secrets: A Novel of Victorian Romantic Suspense
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I love this! It reminds me of Gaspar David Friedrich--and Hamlet.
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The audiobook version of "Sea of Secrets" is now available at Audible.com! Meghan Lewis does a beautiful job of narrating the story and bringing the characters to life. Sea of Secrets | [Amanda DeWees]
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The haunting new cover for Sea of Secrets is by the talented James T. Egan of Bookfly Design. I love the air of mystery--and the way Oriel's hair is blowing in the breeze coming off the sea.
Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Victorian Paintings
Victorian Artwork
Victorian Pictures
Lady In Waiting
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Second Empire
The Empress
Victorian Women
Winterhalter's 1855 painting of Empress Eugenie and her ladies in waiting. The fashions and hairstyles on display at the Ellsmere Christmas ball would have been similarly gorgeous.
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Ladies Hairstyles
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Casual Hairstyles
Some elegant hairstyles for Oriel and her family.
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Sea of Secrets: A Novel of Victorian Romantic Suspense
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Historical Romance Novels
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I didn't have any particular actress in mind when I created Oriel, but Samantha Morton in the 1997 adaptation of Jane Eyre has some of Oriel's qualities.
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Sea of Secrets: A Novel of Victorian Romantic Suspense
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Beach Books
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Haunting
Geoff Smith and Nicola Walker Smith's cover of the always-mesmerizing "Song to the Siren" is so haunting. When I was writing Sea of Secrets, I was particularly drawn to rippling piano music, which seemed to capture the motion of waves. Check out the rest of the SoS playlist at my website, http://www.amandadewees.com/?page_id=142
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Great Movies
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Philip Glass
Beau Film
The Hours
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Philip Glass's remarkable soundtrack for The Hours suits Sea of Secrets so beautifully, it's as if he had been composing for Oriel's story without even knowing it. Haunting and atmospheric.
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“You are no plainer than you believe yourself to be," the duchess tells Oriel. "That is the real secret of beauty.”
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"I felt as if my small frame encompassed emotions as turbulent and powerful as the ocean itself, too big to be contained." --Oriel, Sea of Secrets, chapter 7.
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Sea of Secrets: A Novel of Victorian Romantic Suspense
Esse Quam Videri
Family Motto
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The Ellsworth family motto is Esse Quam Videri: "To be, rather than to seem."
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Sea of Secrets: A Novel of Victorian Romantic Suspense
Civil War Fashion
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Victorian Fashion
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Victorian Dresses
This gown is very much the duchess's style: dainty, feminine--even frilly--and obviously extravagant! The ornamentation on this is breathtaking.
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Steampunk Fashion
Gothic Lolita
This evening gown from 1856 is very close to how I envision Oriel's evening dress, although the color of this one is a little softer. I love how the plain design lets the luster of the fabric take center stage.
Queen Of Everything
Golden Gate Bridge
Dark Side
Tide
The Darkest
Charlotte
Charlotte Martin's haunting song "On Your Shore" evokes for me the darker side of Oriel and Herron's romance. "At the turn of the tide / I feel this part of me die / Am I washed on your shore and barely alive?"
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Sea of Secrets won the 2012 RONE (Reward of Novel Excellence) award from InD'Tale magazine!
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John Everett Millais
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Celtic Art
Pics Art
John William Waterhouse's painting of Miranda in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" always brings Oriel to mind.
Christmas Ghost
Victorian Christmas
Christmas Short Stories
Little Dorrit
Jane Eyre
Ingram
Girl Crushes
Although she's a little old for Felicity, this character's blonde ringlets and bright expression do remind me of Charles's little sister.
Cradle Of Filth
Anna
Dark Eyes
Through The Looking Glass
Abandoned Buildings
Dark Beauty
Esp
Wonderful gothic atmosphere.
Real Haunted Houses
Most Haunted
Haunted Places
Gothic Castle
Ashford Castle Ireland
English Romance
Images Of England
Abandoned Asylums
Ashford Castle is replete with Gothic atmosphere in this wonderful photograph.
Dark Fantasy
Marah Woolf
Gothic Background
Faeries
Dark Art
I love the timeless quality of this very gothic image.
Smooth Jazz
Gothic Wallpaper
Touching Photos
Water Background
Dark Pictures
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Photography Gallery
Gothic Art
Gothic Beauty
This moody, atmospheric image of a lone young woman by the sea conjures up associations of Oriel for me.
Mia Wasikowska
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre Movie
Charlotte Gainsbourg
2011 Movies
New Movies
Michael Fassbender
The most recent film version of Jane Eyre captures a lot of the gothic atmosphere I tried to create in Sea of Secrets.
Casper David
Van Gogh Pinturas
Art Classique
Romantic Period
Painting Prints
Art Prints
Painting Art
Oil Paintings
David Painting
Friedrich's "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" is quintessentially Romantic in its lonely, austere drama; the lone figure recalls Herron in his wanderings on the cliffs.
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Whatever Is True
Spiritual Wisdom
Mystic
Species
Gothic
"Mystic Night," by draganea and ljilja, seems like a gothic rendering of Ophelia.
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