New Reviews!

Good afternoon! I just realized that I forgot to post an older review, so here it is, plus two others! Aren't you lucky today!? Haha. Enjoy.

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"Petersburg" by Emily Hanlon

Rating: *** (3/5 stars)

"Petersburg" is a novel set during the 1905 Russian Revolution. The story revolves around four main characters: a middle-aged, self-made man named Alexei Kalinin; his nephew Misha; an outspoken young woman named Irina; and her cousin, the quiet and beautiful Anna. Irina is involved with the Terrorist Brigade, led by a man named Dmitri. They target people who are important politically, such as Leonti Yermolov. Yermolov, the head of the Okhrana, is to be their next target. ...continue reading...

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"The Vanishing Point" by Mary Sharratt

Rating: ***** (5/5 stars)

"The Vanishing Point" is a novel about two sisters in the late seventeenth century. May Powers is a beautiful young woman, yet she is an embarassment to her family. May is what we would call "the village slut". Living in a small English village, May ruined her only chance at redemption by sleeping with a tinkerer at her betrothal party (a tinkerer is, I guess, a sort of travelling hippie of the seventeenth century). So her father agrees to send her to America when his cousin asks for her to be married to his son. ...continue reading...

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"The Queen's Secret" by Jean Plaidy

Rating: *** (3/5 stars)

This is a novel about the life of Katherine of Valois. Katherine herself tells her story, beginning in her childhood. As a girl she lived first in the Hotel de Saint Paul with her siblings. Their mother rarely came to see them, and their father, the King of France, was mad. Thus, they did not have the greatest childhood. One day, the boys and girls are separated. The girls are taken to an abbey, where they remain until they are married. ...continue reading...

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Have a nice day! :)