The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History

In this remarkable reconstruction of an eighteenth-century woman's extraordinary and turbulent life, historian Linda Colley not only tells the story... Comments: Absolutely fascinating. The story was compelling and I actually learned a... This bookshould have been titled "The Ordeal Of People Foolish Enough To... This book was selected for my book club. It was universally reviewed as a... A great book -- I discovered it from my History Book Club, before the great... This was one of the worst books I have ever read. It reads like a Ph.D. thesis... Read More »

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