My grandmother read this back in the day and wanted me to find a copy for her. Unfortunately this book out of print but I did find a used copy and I’m glad I did. Reincarnation, historical mystery, and a love that spans over four hundred years! Following a lead from a journal found in a Williamsburg bookshop, Andrew Moffatt jets off to England to uncover a secret buried beneath the ruins of King Henry VIII’s opulent Nonsuch Palace. Through past life regression Andrew learns that he has lived twi...

The Nonsuch Lure explores the reincarnated life of 2 men as they attempt to unravel the mystery of a beautiful girl in a Tudor painting and the location of a mysterious "lure" buried somewhere on the grounds of the demolished Cuddington family estate in Surrey England (and later Henry VIII's Nonsuch Palace). The book starts in the present day and follows the life of Andrew Moffitt, a wealthy American architect who has been unaccountably drawn to England all his life. Later, with the help of hypo...

The Nonesuch Lure by Mary Luke is set in the present and the past. It switches neatly between both through hypnosis. It starts in the States with a successful architect who had a love of old things. Andrew is the first section of this book. This is the guy from the aforementioned States. One day he finds an old journal in an antique shop, brings it home, reads it and so the adventure begins. I found the first part very hard to get into. But this could be partly me as contemporary fiction just do...

This is one of my favorite books and I have read it several times over the years!

This was a great story set in three different time periods. I would have easily given it 5 stars if it hadn't been for all the "telling." I really prefer to get to know the characters by being shown how they feel and how they interact. I wanted more dialogue in parts. When Julian was first introduced I felt like I was reading a synopsis. I didn't feel like I got to know the characters as well as I would have liked. Other than that, all three "stories" were very interesting. I had never heard of ...

I'm pretty sure the last time I read this was when I was in college. It just goes to show how good I thought it was then because I held on to it.

It holds up pretty well. I'm not a fan of the whole past life regression thing in general, but the historical bits in the novel are quite good so I don't mind it here.

REread 2021 Just as good as I remembered. Lovely history woven through the story. You could really visualize the places mentioned. I stopped to look stuff up several times which is always a bonus for me. I like historical stuff where the history is right but the characters are made up. Not kings and queens for example. I don't mind if they are peripheral characters. I don't want made up stories about people I could read a biography about. This is not really time travel but it comes close. It dea...

Mary Luke has created a very interesting and creative story. She has a remarkable knack for folding vast amounts of historical information into the narrative in a seemingly casual way, this alone was impressive.I liked much of this unique and creative story and enjoyed the history woven throughout, but overall it was just a little bit too romantic for my tastes.I almost hate to leave a three star rating because there was so much that was interesting and clever but I have to be honest and say thi...

While visiting Williamsburg, Virginia wealthy architect/archeologist Andrew Moffatt stumbles across the early 18C journal of Julian Cushing. At the request of a family friend, Julian undertook to return a portrait of Chloe Cuddington to her family in London - and found himself in love with the woman in the portrait. Intrigued Andrew decides to vacation in London and *stumbles* across a very old hotel run by members of the Cuddington family - descendents of the Cuddingtons who had for centuries o...

Yes, yes, in some ways it's kind of cheezy, and on the Nth reading I found a hole you could walk through. It doesn't matter. I loved this book!This early entry into the time-travel romance genre has a couple of differences:1. It's told entirely from the man's point of view.2. It covers several different time periods.3. No one actually travels through time.Our hero finds himself sucked into solving a mystery dating back to King Henry's time - one which has killed several people. Will he and his f...