My thoughts:
This novel is a fascinating combination of history and fiction, with fabulous storytelling filling in the gaps in historical records left by the distance of over three hundred years. Jo Ann Butler makes Colonial New England come to life in a whole new way for me. She breathes life into the long dead, and draws me into the world of Rhode Island in the 1600’s. Not a place I would want to time travel to by any means, but journeying with Jo Ann Butler’s Herod makes for a safe, if an occasionally emotionally harrowing journey. The founders of Rhode Island live and breathe on these pages, and I find myself captivated by a world long gone. A highly recommended read.
I’m honored to host a give away of this fabulous novel for the US. Please leave a comment here to toss your name into the hat. You won’t be sorry.
Description of THE REPUTED WIFE:
Herodias Gardner defends religious freedom when she risks the Puritans’ whipping post to protest the torture of Quakers, and seeks to soften a king’s heart. When her friend Mary Dyer defies banishment and faces the gallows in the same quest, what will Herod do?
Herod also challenges convention at home as she seeks to keep personal scandal hidden. Though she has taken George Gardner’s name and borne his children, they have never wed. When the couple is called to court, does it mean that their secret has been revealed?
The Reputed Wife is the second volume in the Scandalous Life series about Herodias Long, the most notorious resident of 17th-century Newport, Rhode Island.
So looking forward to reading this book. I have read a little about this time period – and have always found it interesting and a little scary!
Julia, it is fascinating. And Scary! I mean, who in their right mind would want to hang a Quaker?
This was such a crazy time period in the United States. I can’t wait to read this! Tweeted.
Thanks for tweeting Nancy 🙂 It really was a wild time in colonial New England…
I would love to read this!
Thanks for putting your name in the hat Heidi 🙂 It’s a great book 🙂
Thanks for hosting this giveaway, Christy, and I hope that Reputed Wife pleases the lucky winner!
I love reading historical fiction set in America. I have added this book to my TBR list. I really don’t know much about this time period in American history and would love to learn more.
Excellent Terry:) Thanks for joining our gve away 🙂
I am so happy to see these books receive their due. Great author with a great series. WTG
This sounds like an excellent read, albeit a scary one.
Thank you for tossing your names in, Lauren & Bud. This book is fabulous!