Black Rainbow by Barbara Michaels aka Elizabeth Peters Unabridged CD Audiobook
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (912 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B006VLEDGY |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 177 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Unabridged CD Audiobook 9 CDs / 10.5 hours long
"Historical Fiction, Not Romantic Suspense or Gothic Romance" according to J. Sexton. Black Rainbow is a prequel to Someone in the House. If you read it in publication order, then you will watch the foreordained dance and have additional layers of enjoyment. If not, you still have a rather nice piece of historical fiction. Note that the novel is not romantic suspense or gothic romance as usually Barbara Michaels writes, but is still well written and thought provoking. One character lets us see the time through a more modern glass, but it doesn't feel too out of place. Still the bit of "preachiness" about the upper class and women during the time moved it down a notc. "Real Disappointment" according to Sluggo. Like many others, I have been a long time fan of Barbara Mertz (aka: Barbara Michaels / Elizabeth Peters) and I enjoyed the first novel in this series, "Someone in the House", but this novel really didn't appeal to me. The supernatural qualities of the manor house which were created for the first novel are totally missing from this prequel book and I'm sorry to say that it was a dry, slogging read which was at times almost painful to get through. About midway, I finally gave up and just skimmed the remainder of the book. I can only assume that Ms. Mertz wrote this novel during a ti. Anne Wingate said Undoubtedly the worst book she ever wrote. amazon.com/gp/product/B000FCKH7E/ref=cm_cr_rev_prod_imgNot having come across a copyright date, I assume that this book was written during the craze for Gothic novels, and is one of Barbara Mertz's earliest books. All the same, there is really no excuse for it.The story starts out as a typical Gothic--heroine hired as a governess, unable to turn down the job because, for permanently undisclosed reasons, she has no money at all (her father was a professional gambler), and the house is in a remote hinterland of an industrial town, the one industry being a cotton mill belonging to the