This book is a revelation! It takes me back to my teenage years and discovering the joy of reading Dumas' 'Lady of the Camellias' and Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary.' I had no idea authors still had the skill and imagination to write such works. The Blighted Troth is historical fiction in a classic sense - beautifully written, the language spare yet evocative and a sweeping story of love, evil, famine, disease, redemption and resolution skillfully told in an effortlessly understated manner. As a reader you have the comfortable feeling of being in the hands of a master. I feel truly excited by this book and feel sure Ms Patzer has a great literary future ahead of her.
By P. Elliott "Book Junkie" (Portsmouth)
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