The Rebel Wife
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781451629514 (1451629516)
Publish date: February 7th 2012
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
History,
Literature,
Book Club,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
War,
American History,
19th Century,
Southern,
Military History,
Civil War
The Rebel Wife was ok. I enjoyed the setting, which Polites described so well, and I loved the post Civil War era in which the story took place, but I just didn't like reading the story in present tense/first person. Blah! Now, that's not to say that Taylor Polites did not write a likeable, readable...
There were numerous things that I enjoyed about this book. First off, there was a light gothic feeling to it which I think is typical for the period it was written. Second, I love historical fiction novels which are, obviously, well researched and this one was. Third, the characters were well develo...
This book starts out well enough: it’s reasonably well-written and has good descriptions and a vivid depiction of life in Reconstruction-era Alabama. Nevertheless, I wound up quite disliking it; this seems like a novel that would appeal to a certain subset of historical fiction readers, but not to e...
I must get one thing off my chest at the outset. Once again, I find myself very frustrated by how women were treated in the past. In our present times, when a woman's husband dies, she has rights. In most cases, she is the executor of her husband's estate and is usually the beneficiary of the lif...
Very good tale of awakening in the old South. The narrating style is a little halting, but that is the only fault I could find in this well written book. Every page continues to weave an intricate and ever deepening tale of deception and humanity.
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