Under the Wide and Starry Sky
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781444778434 (1444778439)
Publish date: June 5th 2014
Publisher: Two Roads
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
Category:
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Historical Romance,
France,
Marriage,
Scotland
Ugh, I give up. The cover is so pretty, but the plot is painfully slow. No less than a few dozen times have I put down this book to do something else. Tried reading outside, and oooh squirrel! Tried reading parts in a Scottish accent, and still was bored. Tried again outside in a different spot...
This book was good, but not great. It's the story of Robert Louis Stevenson's wife and their life as a couple. Her primary concern for much of their life together was his health, and moving to where his health could improve. She also didn't get along with his friends all that well, so that was a ...
I received a free ARC from the publisher in exchange for this review.It's always a challenge to write historical fiction, especially when you're centered on 1 person or 1 family. This is historical fiction based on the life of Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife, Fanny, through their courtship, marr...
The words “Under the wide and starry sky” are part of the inscription on the tomb of Robert Louis Stevenson. This book tells the story of the love of Stevenson's life and the tumultuous path of his relationship with Frances (Fanny) Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson. The book charts the course ...
Fanny Van de Grift was married to Sam Osbourne. She married young, at age 17, and bore him three children: Belle, Sammy (Lloyd), and Hervey, who died at an early age. Her husband, Sam, was a philanderer. He did not respect his marriage vows and Fanny was unfulfilled and dissatisfied with her life. S...
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