After ordering our life yesterday...not really...I spent a rainy afternoon finishing this chunkster...when I first wanted to read it...I thought it would be a simple fantasy about a retelling of Rapunzel but it was so much more than that! Three stories...over a span of 200 years and beginning in the mid 1600's...one was about Charlotte-Rose de la Force...a writer who was banished to a nunnery. Then we have Margherita...the actual Rapunzel character banished to a tower. And last...there is La Strega...the prostitute/ witch who put Margherita in the tower because she needs her blood to stay youthful. All three women have a connection...
Actually after reading this book I think that being a prostitute was the number one occupation for women in the 1600's...yikes...with being a witch coming in at a close second. This book was extremely good and actually did not feel like a fantasy at all most of the time.
A total switch for me today with this one...a lovely British mystery!
And then back to a fantasy next!
That's my Tuesday! Have a good one!
I wish I could get into fantasy.
ReplyDeleteI've seen Bitter Greens around...the other two are totally new to me. Glad you had a great day!
ReplyDeleteBitter Greens and Egg and Spoon are on my wishlist now to look for, hope they're enjoyable for me.
ReplyDeleteI am late. Bill is back on the road and I am playing catch up!
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