<P> Lord Fenton, one of the wealthiest men in Europe, pursues Scarlett, wanting to marry her . He wants Scarlett to bear his children after seeing Cat's fiery spirit and fearlessness . He also plans to unite their estates; he owns Adamstown, the land adjacent to Scarlett's . Angered by his arrogance, Scarlett refuses and orders him out of her house . Scarlett leaves for Dublin for her yearly visit for parties and hunts . She later decides to accept Lord Fenton when she hears that Anne is pregnant with Rhett's child . </P> <P> The news leaks out about her engagement and a drunken Rhett insults her when she runs into him at a horse race . A friend tells Scarlett that Anne and the baby both died, and she rushes back to Ballyhara hopeful that Rhett will come looking for her . She finds English there with a warrant to arrest Colum, who is the head of a group of Irish terrorists . Colum is murdered and Rosaleen Fitzpatrick sets fire to the English arsenal to avenge him . The villagers, thinking Scarlett is in league with the English, burn her house down . Rhett comes to her rescue and tries to convince her to escape with him, but Scarlett runs around her house yelling for her daughter . When she tells Rhett that he is Cat's father, he helps her search . After finding Cat, the three climb into a high tower on Ballyhara and stay there for the night . Rhett and Scarlett both say "I love you". They wake up the next morning ready to start their new lives together and leave Ireland . </P> <P> Reviewing the novel for The New York Times in 1991, Janet Maslin said the book was a "stunningly uneventful 823 - page holding action ." Donald McCaig, author of Rhett Butler's People, said it was his impression that the Margaret Mitchell estate was "thoroughly embarrassed" by Scarlett . Scarlett, universally panned by critics, nevertheless was a commercial success . The book sold millions of copies and remains in print . The publication of the book effectively extended the term of the copyright on Gone With The Wind which, under the law existing in 1991, was set to expire in 2011 . </P> <P> When discussing the possibility of his own works receiving unauthorized sequels after his death, A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin called such books "abominations, to my mind, like (...) Scarlett, the (...) Gone With the Wind sequel". </P>

Scarlet the sequel to gone with the wind