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Anna McCormac
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The Blighted Road is a 17th-century story of two women’s harrowing journeys through plague and a brutal witch-hunt. Orla, renowned healer and mid-wife in rural England, confronts stillbirths and a mysterious, deadly sickness afflicting her community. The local superstitious people suspect these sinister events are the actions of the Devil. Desperate for answers, Orla’s investigation into past plague outbreaks reveal a shocking correlation with the harvesting of blighted grain. Her revolutionary findings lead to accusations of witchcraft. Meanwhile, Abigail, a young Londoner faces the horror of life in the plague-ridden city. After losing her family to the Black Death, Abigail escapes the locked gates of London. She flees on the plague road to Salisbury, which is fraught with danger and despair.
The separate tales of these women weave in and out as they reach a time and place where they are united by grief, loss, and an uncanny will to survive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Grim but ultimately worth it
- De Ellie en 08-29-20
De: Caroline Lea
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The Beast That Never Was
- De: Caren J. Werlinger
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
- Duración: 6 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Lise’s father is dead, and the life of plenty and freedom that she has known as the daughter of the King’s Huntsman is gone. She must now live a life of duty to her mother and sisters, helping them to cope in their altered circumstances. But where her mother would have her wed a childhood friend to secure their future, Lise knows that is not what she longs for.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic fairytale remade into a lesbian romanc
- De Army Vet en 01-28-22
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My Name Is Resolute
- De: Nancy E. Turner
- Narrado por: Mhairi Morrison
- Duración: 25 h y 55 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 290
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 258
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 258
The year is 1729, and Resolute Talbot and her siblings are captured by pirates, taken from their family in Jamaica and brought to the New World. Resolute and her sister are sold into slavery in colonial New England and taught the trade of spinning and weaving. When Resolute finds herself alone in Lexington, Massachusetts, she struggles to find her way in a society that is quick to judge a young woman without a family. As the seeds of rebellion against England grow, Resolute is torn between following the rules and breaking free.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A life well lived!
- De Anonymous User en 06-20-23
De: Nancy E. Turner
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Martyr
- An Elizabethan Thriller
- De: Rory Clements
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 12 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 308
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 236
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 236
The year is 1587. One of Queen Elizabeth's cousins is found murdered, her flesh marked with profane symbols. A plot to assassinate Sir Francis Drake, England's most famous sea warrior, is discovered. One man is charged with the desperate task of solving both cases: John Shakespeare.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Thriller/Mystery, Flawless Narration
- De vanessa en 08-16-09
De: Rory Clements
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The Book of Longings
- A Novel
- De: Sue Monk Kidd
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marnò, Sue Monk Kidd
- Duración: 13 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,952
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,209
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,179
In her mesmerizing fourth work of fiction, Sue Monk Kidd takes an audacious approach to history and brings her acclaimed narrative gifts to imagine the story of a young woman named Ana. Raised in a wealthy family with ties to the ruler of Galilee, she is rebellious and ambitious, with a brilliant mind and a daring spirit. She engages in furtive scholarly pursuits and writes narratives about neglected and silenced women. Ana is expected to marry an older widower, a prospect that horrifies her. An encounter with 18-year-old Jesus changes everything.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Made me cringe
- De Joan en 05-08-20
De: Sue Monk Kidd
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The Path of Thorns
- De: A.G. Slatter
- Narrado por: Louise Williams
- Duración: 11 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 99
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 99
Asher Todd comes to live with the mysterious Morwood family as a governess to their children. Asher knows little about being a governess but she is skilled in botany and herbcraft, and perhaps more than that. And she has secrets of her own, dark and terrible—and Morwood is a house that eats secrets. With a monstrous revenge in mind, Asher plans to make it choke. However, she becomes fond of her charges, of the people of the Tarn, and she begins to wonder if she will be able to execute her plan—and who will suffer most if she does.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fantastic
- De Deemarie en 01-13-25
De: A.G. Slatter
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Death and the Maiden
- Mistress of the Art of Death
- De: Samantha Norman, Ariana Franklin
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 159
England. 1191. After the death of her friend and patron, King Henry II, Adelia Aguilar, England's vaunted Mistress of the Art of Death, is living comfortably in retirement and training her daughter, Allie, to carry on her craft—sharing the practical knowledge of anatomy, forensics, and sleuthing that catches murderers. Allie is already a skilled healer, with a particular gift for treating animals. But the young woman is nearly twenty, and her father, Rowley, Bishop of Saint Albans, and his patron, the Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, have plans to marry Allie to an influential husband.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Wanted to love it
- De Jeffrey J. en 02-15-21
De: Samantha Norman, y otros
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The Invasion of Heaven
- Part One of the Newirth Mythology
- De: Michael B. Koep
- Narrado por: Gabrielle de Cuir, John Rubinstein, Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 375
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 345
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 344
Psychologist Loche Newirth becomes hunted when he sees a painting that opens a window onto the afterlife. An ancient order of men seeking to control the art pursue him across the world, through centuries, into madness, and beyond. The first part of Michael B. Koep's the Newirth Mythology The Invasion of Heaven is mystery, adventure, myth, betrayal, murder, and madness. Loche Newirth wonders if it was his fall: The 50-foot drop from the rocky cliff to the icy water below. Is this why he has been hallucinating?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story - well written
- De Amy Q en 05-17-20
De: Michael B. Koep
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Mountain Laurel
- De: Lori Benton
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 16 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 20
Ian Cameron, a Boston cabinetmaker turned frontier trapper, has come to Mountain Laurel hoping to remake himself yet again - into his planter uncle’s heir. No matter how uneasily the role of slave owner rests upon his shoulders. Then he meets Seona - beautiful, artistic, and enslaved to his kin. Seona has a secret: She’s been drawing for years, ever since that day she picked up a broken slate to sketch a portrait. When Ian catches her at it, he offers her opportunity to let her talent flourish, still secretly, in his cabinetmaking shop.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An emotional journey of want and will, of bondage and freedom.
- De J. Snow en 09-22-20
De: Lori Benton
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Cathedral
- De: Ben Hopkins
- Narrado por: Malk Williams, Sophie Roberts
- Duración: 19 h y 32 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 69
A sweeping story about obsession, mysticism, art and earthly desire. At the centre of this story is the Cathedral. Its design and construction in the 13th and 14th centuries in the fictional town of Hagenburg unites a vast array of unforgettable characters whose fortunes are inseparable from the shifting political factions and economic interests vying for supremacy. From the bishop to his treasurer, from local merchants to lowly stonecutters, the fate of everyone, both Gentile and Jew, is affected by the slow rise of Hagenburg’s cathedral.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting description of life in the Middle Ages
- De leongork en 06-30-21
De: Ben Hopkins
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The Unquiet Bones
- De: Mel Starr
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,504
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,352
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,339
Hugh of Singleton, fourth son of a minor knight, has been educated as a clerk, usually a prelude to taking holy orders. However, feeling no certain calling despite a lively faith, he turns to the profession of surgeon, training in Paris and then hanging out his sign in Oxford. A local lord asks him to track the killer of a young woman whose bones have been found in the castle cesspit. She is identified as the impetuous missing daughter of a local blacksmith, and her young man, whom she had provoked very publicly, is in due course arrested and sentenced at the Oxford assizes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful!!!
- De AKowalczyk en 01-05-20
De: Mel Starr
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Year of the Reaper
- De: Makiia Lucier
- Narrado por: Jonathan Myles
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 57
Three years ago, young Lord Cassia disappeared in the midst of war. Since then, a devastating illness has swept the land, leaving countless dead and a kingdom forever altered. Having survived war and plague, Cas, now 18, wants only to return to his home in the mountains and forget past horrors. But home is not what he remembers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator Really Isn't My Cup of Tea...
- De Kallie en 12-03-21
De: Makiia Lucier
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Between Two Fires
- De: Christopher Buehlman
- Narrado por: Steve West
- Duración: 14 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,206
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,708
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,694
The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that plague is only part of a larger cataclysm - that the fallen angels under Lucifer are rising in a second war on heaven, and that the world of men has fallen behind the lines of conflict. Is it delirium or is it faith? She believes she has seen the angels of God. She believes the righteous dead speak to her in dreams. And now she has convinced the faithless Thomas to shepherd her across a depraved landscape to Avignon.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mesmerizing Knight Errant Tale
- De Tango en 05-01-13
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The Chocolate Maker's Wife
- De: Karen Brooks
- Narrado por: Willow Nash
- Duración: 20 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 119
Born into poverty, brutalised and ignored by her family, it is only when she is married off to a nobleman that her life undergoes a transformation, as her husband recognises in Rosamund a magic she does not know she possesses but which affects almost all who encounter her. Presiding over a luxurious chocolate house where men go to be seen, exchange news and indulge in the sweet and heady drink to which they have become addicted, Rosamund feels blessed. But disaster strikes, and Rosamund stands on the brink of losing all she has worked so hard to achieve.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Loved the history....
- De Kim Tyler en 01-20-20
De: Karen Brooks
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Dreamers
- Legacies of the Ancient River, Book 1
- De: Angela Hunt
- Narrado por: Stina Nielsen
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 98
In the land of Pharaoh, Tuya has always been a slave. As a little girl, she was sold as a playmate to a wealthy child who became her best friend. But as she approaches womanhood, beautiful Tuya is betrayed and cast out. Now she belongs to Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh's guard. Yet her heart is owned by handsome Joseph, sold into slavery by his own brothers. Proud, arrogant Joseph dreams of freedom, of his own household, of Tuya as his queen.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I was so immersed in the story I couldn’t sleep until done.
- De Micah70 en 05-17-23
De: Angela Hunt
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Phoenix Unbound
- The Fallen Empire Series, Book 1
- De: Grace Draven
- Narrado por: Katharine Lee McEwan
- Duración: 14 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 862
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 775
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 772
Every year, each village is required to send a young woman to the Empire's capital - her fate to be burned alive for the entertainment of the masses. For the last five years, one small village's tithe has been the same woman. Gilene's sacrifice protects all the other young women of her village, and her secret to staying alive lies with the magic only she possesses. But this year is different. Azarion, the Empire's most famous gladiator, has somehow seen through her illusion - and is set on blackmailing Gilene into using her abilities to help him escape his life of slavery.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nothing special. Highly predictable
- De J. C. Schmidt en 10-10-18
De: Grace Draven
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Dragon's Child
- The King Arthur Trilogy, Book 1
- De: M. K. Hume
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 18 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 91
The future of Britain is at stake. In the turbulent times of the Dark Ages, the despotic Uther Pendragon, High King of Celtic Britain, is nearing death, and his kingdom is being torn apart by the squabbling of minor kings. But only one man can bring the Celts together as a nation and restore peace - King Arthur. Artorex (Arthur) doesn't yet seem like the great man he will grow into. We meet him as a shy, subservient twelve-year-old living in the foster home of Lord Ector, who took in Artorex as a babe to protect him from murderous kin.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A Dry, Dull Tale, Marred in "Realism"
- De Steven en 09-21-15
De: M. K. Hume
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Some Enchanted Evening
- Lost Princesses, Book 1
- De: Christina Dodd
- Narrado por: Heather Wilds
- Duración: 9 h y 46 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 23
One of Scotland's most dangerous men, Robert MacKenzie is dazzled by the enchanting beauty who rides into the town he is sworn to defend. Though he is wary of the exquisite stranger, Clarice stirs emotions within him that Robert buried deeply years before. And now he must have her at any cost, vowing to gain her trust through the powers of his sensuous seduction. Torn between her need to protect her secrets and her aching desire for the dark, tormented earl of Hepburn, Clarice is pulled into Robert's glamorous world . . . and into his perilous plan for justice and revenge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dodd! So glad she put in audible!
- De darlingdeb en 10-15-21
De: Christina Dodd
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- Jake from PA
- 07-24-23
Very Moving Story
I greatly enjoyed this book. The life of a midwife/herbalist in the 17th century seemed to straddle a very thin line between being respected and feared. The stories of these two women were quite moving.
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