Title: THE PELICAN BRIDE
Author: Beth White
Publisher: Revell
April 2014
ISBN: 978-0800721978
Genre: Historical
She’s come to the New
World to escape a perilous past. But has it followed her to these
far shores?
It is 1704 when Genevieve Gaillain and her
sister board a French ship headed for the Louisiana Old
World . Genevieve knows life won't be easy, but at least here she
can establish a home and family without fear of beheading. But when she falls
in love with Tristan Lanier, an expatriate cartographer whose courageous stand
for fair treatment of native peoples has made him decidedly unpopular in the
young colony, Genevieve realizes that even in this land of liberty one is not
guaranteed peace. And a secret she harbors could mean the undoing of the colony
itself.
Gulf Coast
THE PELICAN BRIDE is the first book in Ms. White's newest series, Gulf Coast Chronicles. It is engaging, easy to read, and interesting to learn about some of the struggles some of the Huguenots might have gone through as they came to the New World to escape persecution in both Europe and in Canada. The setting was rough, the ladies refined, and the men desperate.
I was a bit confused at times as the point of view shifted to random characters who never appeared before. And I wondered how the author would tie it all together. At times it also caused skimming, which made me go back and reread, paying closer attention when I started getting lost.
Discussion questions are included at the end of the book as are a letter from the author with more historical facts, and the first chapter in the second book in the series coming in 2015.
THE PELICAN BRIDE is a fictional retelling of a real time in American history, and is as historically accurate as Ms. White could make it. Recommended for fans of historical fiction, the Huguenots, and those who plain out love to read real history books. Very well written--just not my favorite reading. $14.99. 368 pages. 3.5 stars.
THE PELICAN BRIDE is the first book in Ms. White's newest series, Gulf Coast Chronicles. It is engaging, easy to read, and interesting to learn about some of the struggles some of the Huguenots might have gone through as they came to the New World to escape persecution in both Europe and in Canada. The setting was rough, the ladies refined, and the men desperate.
I was a bit confused at times as the point of view shifted to random characters who never appeared before. And I wondered how the author would tie it all together. At times it also caused skimming, which made me go back and reread, paying closer attention when I started getting lost.
Discussion questions are included at the end of the book as are a letter from the author with more historical facts, and the first chapter in the second book in the series coming in 2015.
THE PELICAN BRIDE is a fictional retelling of a real time in American history, and is as historically accurate as Ms. White could make it. Recommended for fans of historical fiction, the Huguenots, and those who plain out love to read real history books. Very well written--just not my favorite reading. $14.99. 368 pages. 3.5 stars.
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