No Wall So High

In Anne Powers’ second historical romance, Maurice Quinn, a merchant seeks security in wealth while his wife seeks happiness in a love affair set in Elizabethan England (c. 1558-1603). Powers transports the reader to Elizabethan England, and brings that magnificent, dramatic period to pulsing life. Quain, a calculating merchant, believes himself impregnable until he meets a lovely lady-in-waiting who has ensnared many men's hearts, but will give hers to only one. Her fortunes become mingled with his in an entanglement of conspiracy which leads them on the high seas and to the great ports of the world. Romance and adventure are set in an authentic historical background. ANNE POWERS SCHWARTZ (March 7, 1913 — July 26, 1987) Anne Powers was born in Cloquet, Minnesota, in 1913. A prolific writer of historical romances, Powers was a long-time resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After moving there in the mid 1930’s, she married, started a family, worked in the Promotional Department in what has now become the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and also taught a course in freelance writing at Marquette University for 15 years. Powers began writing in high school and published her first book, The Gallant Years, in 1946, under her maiden name, Anne Powers. Most of her books have appeared in foreign editions and have been translated into French, Swedish and Spanish. During her lifetime, she wrote 17 novels spanning many historical time periods and demonstrating a deft control over the written word. Complete The Gallant Years (1946), No Wall So High (1949), The Ironmaster (1951), The Only Sin (1953), The Thousand Fires (1957), Ride With Danger (1958), The Delaware River Man (1973), Rachel (1973), No King But Caesar (1974), The Promise and the Passion (1977), Royal Bondage (1977), The Royal Consorts (1978), Ride East, Ride West (1978), Queen’s Ransom (1985), Heart’s Journey (1986), Secret Splendor (1986), & The Passionate Queen (1987)