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Review: The Flight of Anja by Tamara Goranson
The Flight of Anja by Tamara Goranson, book 2 in the Vinland Viking Saga, is the sequel to The Voyage of Freydis. Anja Freydisdottir, daughter of Beothuk hunter Achak and Greenlander Freydis, comes of age on Greenland's shores without ever knowing the truth of her parentage and birth. Anja believes Freydis is her adopted mother,… Continue reading Review: The Flight of Anja by Tamara Goranson
JAR Review: In Dependence: Women in the Patriarchal State in Revolutionary America
Click to the cover to read the review on Journal of the American Revolution
Review: Anangokaa by Cameron Alam
Anangokaa by Cameron Alam follows a 14-year-old Scottish girl, Flora MacCallum, newly arrived with her family in the Canadian wilderness in 1804. The novel opens with Flora emerging from a grave illness (I suspect malaria or smallpox) of which her parents and one of her sisters did not survive. Flora, her older brother Hugh, and… Continue reading Review: Anangokaa by Cameron Alam
Review: The Witches of Vardo by Anya Bergman
The Witches of Vardo by Anya Bergman is based on the true story of the witch trials of Vardo in northern Norway, in the 17th century. I did not know about these particular witch trials, and the fact that this book took place in Norway drew me in further. Within the Arctic circle, Vardo is… Continue reading Review: The Witches of Vardo by Anya Bergman
Review: Daughters of Nantucket by Julie Gerstenblatt
Daughters of Nantucket by Julie Gerstenblatt follows three women during Nantucket's Great Fire of 1846: Eliza Macy, the once-wealthy but now financially ruined wife of an absent whaling captain. Maria Mitchell, librarian and archivist at Nantucket's Atheneum. Meg Wright, a free black woman who fights for her family's right to own a business on main… Continue reading Review: Daughters of Nantucket by Julie Gerstenblatt
New review on journal of the American revolution
Click the image to read my review of The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley on Journal of the American Revolution.
Review: Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman
Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman takes place at the close of 18th century in London and follows Pandora Blake, fledgling jewelry designer and daughter of late, renowned antiquities collectors. Twelve years after their death on an archeological site, Dora lives with her uncle, the greedy Hezekiah, who has made her parents' antiquities shop into a farce.… Continue reading Review: Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman
Review: The House With The Golden Door by Elodie Harper
The House With The Golden Door by Elodie Harper, the sequel to The Wolf Den, follows Amara after she has gained her freedom yet is still held under the control of her wealthy patron. Elodie Harper knocked it out of the park again with the sequel, and I am so invested and ready to read… Continue reading Review: The House With The Golden Door by Elodie Harper
Review: Things Past Telling by Sheila Williams
Things Past Telling by Sheila Williams is the sprawling of tale of Little Bird, or Maryam, a girl taken from her home in West Africa in the 18th century and transported to the Americas where she is forced to carve a new life path. The book is loosely inspired by the author's discovery of a… Continue reading Review: Things Past Telling by Sheila Williams
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