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Indlæser... The King's Lizardaf Pamela Christie
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Wow. I thought this was a really good book. At first, the first chapter, I didn't like it (and almost put it back on the shelf). It was difficult for me to follow the names of the characters, who was who and what they were doing and why, it was all jumbled up, a puzzle that didn't seem to fit together. And I couldn't see where the story was going. Plus it was quite depressing, the historically accurate bad guys winning, the rich and powerful exploiting the majority and the weak. Then all of a sudden the story took an unexpected or quick turn, and it got a lot better. As the book progressed I found myself more and more engaged. As historical fiction goes, again, while maybe a bit simple I found it really good. I had known a lot about Juan Bautista de Anza. There is the Anza Trail from Culiacan (Sinaloa, Mexico) up through Arizona and California to San Francisco; pretty much everything in California is named for him, and the entire Western United States is still influenced by his expedition. What I did not know so much about was when de Anza was Governor of the Province of New Mexico, New Spain. Cool stuff. Good premise for a work of fiction. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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It's 1782 in New Mexico and slavers are operating ruthlessly throughout the colony. Apaches and Comanches battle with Spanish militias to protect their homelands. Governor Anza, at his wits' end, commandeers the help of Nando, a naïve but wily young half-breed, embedding him in his network of spies. Fast-paced and true to the realities of the time, The King's Lizard catapults the reader into the fierce and demanding life of colonial Santa Fe. Did you ever wish you could roam the American west in early days? See the land as it once was and experience life on a frontier that is gone forever? Pamela Christie, an award-winning author of the historic Southwest, has created a mystery series set in old Santa Fe when Spain has already occupied New Mexico for almost 200 years. In The King's Lizard, the first of the Lizard Tales, the reader rides with Nando Aguilar, a young man with a light heart and a pleasingly competent hand. Lost between the culture of his Ute mother who is a slave, and his ... No library descriptions found. |
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I really enjoyed this tale - historical though not a bit dry, with approachable characters and a witty, feisty narrator. ( )