A Revisited Novel of Dr. Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo base on the Filipino Historical Struggles for peace, social justice, and freedom in context with the Filipino Socio-political Freedom Fighter activists underlining struggles for Democratic freedom, equal opportunities, Human Rights, and progressive Sustainable Community Development, and Fight of Filipino Natives for their right of Ancestral Domain and freedom across the Philippine Archipelago.
Disclaimer: Real events of Philippine History should be understood and remained as it is. The Story of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo will be forever a written eye-opener for the Filipino struggle during the Spanish Era.
References: Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo by Jose Rizal, The Past Revisited by Renato Constantino, Imagined Communites by Benedict Anderson, Philippine Daily Inquirer Editorial Page of Ambeth Ocampo, Rizal-Landas ng Pag-laya NCCP, Conjugal Dictatorship by Primitivo Mijares, Love and Struggle in Mao's thought by Raymond Whitehead , Documented HR Violations during Martial Law by Philippine Investigative Journalism, 1987 Constitution by Hector De Leon, The Politics, Red star Over China by Edgar Snow, China's Long Revolution by Edgar Snow, Political Economy by John Lewis, Amnesty International, Stop the Killings by Ibon Foundation, Bantayog ng mga Bayani files, and Task-Force Detainee of the Philippines Documented cases, other Historical data from Wikipedia, Britannica, Official Gazette, Lawphil.com, and GMA and Abs-Cbn documentaries on the Kalinga and Cordillera Freedom
Just when she's decided to leave the Town, Lady Cressida Belverst is forced to marry Lord Calan Haverston, the man who coincidentally knows a way out. Agreeing to marry for all the wrong reasons, can Cressida and Calan find out where their hearts truly belong?
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It is impossible to leave the Town, but one woman is determined to escape with the help of her betrothed.
Lady Cressida Belverst has always been judged as a walking scandal. Oh, how she tries (on some rare occasions) to be proper! When her parents arrange for her to marry a rich lord, Cressida has had enough. She has to leave the Town because she will not be forced to live with a man she doesn't love. But what happens if the very man she's betrothed to is the only one who can help her get out?
Calan Haverston, the Lord of Easton, takes the risk and helps his betrothed by using his knowledge of the Town's secrets because he is as willing as she to stay free of marriage for reasons completely different. He has dark secrets he cannot share with her, and his life is not one he can likewise open to anyone. But what happens when she leaves after awakening desires he thought he has under control? And what happens when he finds himself longing for her?
Cressida goes to a completely different place, one she has only heard in stories and read in books, with hopes of finding what her heart has always longed for. But love, mystery and secrets will chase her and it will only be a matter of time before she realizes what her heart truly desires.
*This story is a standalone title in the Haverston Family series.