Year of Wonders
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Purchased from the Paseo Verde Library Book Sale in Henderson, NV, on December 3, 2022.
My comments on another copy of this book:
Essentially, this is a historical novel set in the year of the plague. The heroine is a housemaid named Anna Frith, who watches as the plague first reaches her household, then her little village, far from London, and who steps in to care for the sick and later to challenge those in the village who want to blame witchcraft. Anna works for the young minister of the village and thus gets to know him and his wife as they both use their gifts to combat the horrors.
I am not a fan of historical fiction, particularly the mannered speech often used and the frequent assumption of modern thinking in older times. I did find the speech a bit mannered and I certainly found both Anna and the minister to have near-radical modern-day ideas about some things. But the story is based on an actual village and a remarkable minister there, which gave me some comfort. Further, I enjoyed the details of everyday living and knowledge.
What may have become yet another tired romance actually took a far more interesting turn toward the latter half, which upped its quality in my book. I enjoyed the exploration of interesting personalities at least as much as the historical accuracy of the book.
My comments on another copy of this book:
Essentially, this is a historical novel set in the year of the plague. The heroine is a housemaid named Anna Frith, who watches as the plague first reaches her household, then her little village, far from London, and who steps in to care for the sick and later to challenge those in the village who want to blame witchcraft. Anna works for the young minister of the village and thus gets to know him and his wife as they both use their gifts to combat the horrors.
I am not a fan of historical fiction, particularly the mannered speech often used and the frequent assumption of modern thinking in older times. I did find the speech a bit mannered and I certainly found both Anna and the minister to have near-radical modern-day ideas about some things. But the story is based on an actual village and a remarkable minister there, which gave me some comfort. Further, I enjoyed the details of everyday living and knowledge.
What may have become yet another tired romance actually took a far more interesting turn toward the latter half, which upped its quality in my book. I enjoyed the exploration of interesting personalities at least as much as the historical accuracy of the book.
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