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Title: Brave Enemies by Robert Morgan ISBN: 1-56512-356-5 Publisher: Algonquin Books Pub. Date: October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: great historical fiction
Comment: I am not usually a fan of historical fiction, but Morgan does an
excellent job of describing the details of life in frontier South Carolina in 1789-90 at the height of the internecine civil war between loyalists and rebels, with such colorful figures as Daniel Morgan and Banastre Tarleton thrown in. Yes, there are ambiguities and coincidences which move the plot along, but this was a turbulent place and time, as any biography of Andrew Jackson's youth in the Waxhaws at the same time will demonstrate. This is a great book, worthy of comparison with Cold Mountain, which was set some 75 years later in a nearby place. Even if you are not familiar with the Battle of Cowpens, you will enjoy the dramatic impact of the writing, the vivid if brutal battles and killings, and the balm of religion in that time and place.
Rating: 4
Summary: There isn't enough fiction about the revolution
Comment: I thought this was a perfect title to buy. There's a lot to enjoy in Brave Enemies, but there is a lot that is disappointing. For example, Christmas trees weren't used in the Americas until the 1850-60's. Strictly a German custom. Nothing in the plot is resolved. Josie kills her stepfather, and her mother disappears from the book. No one looks for the murderer, or Josie. To many loose ends. The ending does make me wonder if there is a sequel planned, but I didn't get a good feeling for the love story. I did enjoy the discriptions of the mountains, of the battle, however, it just didn't tie together well.
Rating: 3
Summary: Very descriptive but violent, but left many questions....
Comment: I read this book because I like history and the American Revolution. I think that Morgan did a great job describing everything...and I mean everything, but I still had so many questions at the end of the book. For example, how did John finally find himself free of Tartlton? And by the way...what a wimp John was....If you like Morgan's work and like his style, buy this book. If not, go to the library and borrow it. Buy a book by William Martin instead...great author!
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Title: The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War by Jimmy Carter ISBN: 0743255429 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 11 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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Title: The Mammoth Cheese: A Novel by Sheri Holman ISBN: 0871139006 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Our Lady of the Forest by David Guterson ISBN: 0375412115 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Great Fire: A Novel by Shirley Hazzard ISBN: 0374166447 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Lunch at the Piccadilly: A Novel by Clyde Edgerton ISBN: 1565121953 Publisher: Algonquin Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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