Pamela Belle has written many successful novels, including the beloved Wintercombe; this one is hard to slot -- not a family saga, not a fantasy, not the usual historical mystery, as we know quite soon who the bad guys are and what they are up to. She presents a rather gritty picture of London and some of its less elegant citizens. No balls and drawing rooms here – in fact, one of the most striking sequences is set in Newgate Prison. But fear not, there is a love story!
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Publication: Kindle, 2004
Genre: Historical Fiction
Setting: 18th-century London
Source: Personal copy
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Thank you to Stephanie Martin for the review!
4 comments:
This is good news! I might break my no-ebook rule rather than wait for a traditional book version. Your favorite might be Wintercombe but mine is The Moon in the Water, which you once told me your mother gave you for Christmas when it first came out. I wish my parents had been readers!
I loved both The Moon in the Water and Wintercombe (and some of the others in those series). This one does sound a bit different, but I would like to read it.
So glad to hear there is a love story! Is it swoonworthy? :)
Thanks for sharing your review with the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge, and for your ongoing participation!
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