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The Brief and True Report of Temperance Flowerdew
- A Novel
- De: Denise Heinze
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
- Duración: 6 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 70
Determined to set the historical record straight, and clear her conscience, Temperance Flowerdew - the wife of Virginia’s first two governors - puts quill to paper, recounting the hardships that nearly brought the Jamestown colony to its knees, and the extraordinary sacrifice of her servant girl, Lily. A transporting and evocative story, The Brief and True Report of Temperance Flowerdew is a fiercely hopeful novel - a portrait of two intrepid women who choose to live out their dreams of a future more free than the past.
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2 out of 5 stars
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historical accuracy is lacking
- De BookLover47 en 02-13-21
- The Brief and True Report of Temperance Flowerdew
- A Novel
- De: Denise Heinze
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
A Unique Perspective, For Sure
Revisado: 11-30-23
The brevity of the story worked in its favor, but also left me longing for more details. The characters themselves were not well fleshed out, and I found myself wanting to grab Temperance Flowerdew and to give her a hard shake a few times throughout the novel.
There were a few times during the story where there were abrupt transitions between past and present, and they threw me off a bit. They happened because the narrator's writing was interuppted by her children, and I completely emphasize with that feeling, but it was still difficult to follow.
Lastly, there is a quality to the narrator's voice that is borderline whiny in some areas, and her change in tone when going between characters was not as defined as I would have liked. She is by no means a poor narrator. but I wouldn't actively seek out her work in the future. It would not cause me to skip over something I wanted to listen to though.
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