Encounter the Light

Where There is Love #5

by Donna Fletcher Crow

“Half a league, half a league/ Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death/ Rode the six hundred.” Lieutenant Richard Greyston seeks heroic glory in the Charge of the Light Brigade. Jennifer Neville goes to Scutari as one of Florence Nightingale’s nurses dreaming of wiping the brows of the wounded. Richard winds up blinded and Jennifer spends her days carrying slops as mice fall from the walls of the hospital.
Back in London Jennifer throws herself into charity work under the leadership of the Earl of Shaftesbury. She is delighted to reconnect with the convalescing Richard until she learns that his family’s wealth is built on the potteries where children are subjected to unimaginable brutality. Richard eventually joins Shaftesbury’s fight for social justice but must find a way out of the darkness to deal with his feelings for Jennifer.

Genres: Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction

Hardcover

First published May 1, 1997

About the author

Donna Fletcher Crow loves to give books away. If you would like a copy of one of her best-selling Lord Danvers Investigates series, go to her website: http://www.DonnaFletcherCrow.com

Donna is the author of 50 books, mostly novels dealing with British history. The award-winning GLASTONBURY, The Novel of Christian England is her best-known work, an Arthurian grail search epic covering 15 centuries of English history.
Donna authors 3 mystery series: The best-selling Lord Danvers Investigates Vitorian true-crime series; The Monastery Murders; and The Elizabeth and Richard Literary Suspense.

Donna and her husband have 4 adult children and 14 grandchildren. She is an inveterate researcher and an enthusiastic gardener. You can see pictures of her research trips and her garden, learn more about her books, subscribe to her monthly newsletter, and read her blog at: www.DonnaFletcherCrow.com

Reviews

[LeAnne · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is historical fiction that is set in a vague 19th c westward expansion or English Regency time period, or perhaps the Middle Ages or World War II. Then there is the sort that puts characters in the middle of pivotal events, meeting characters straight out of history. That’s the kind I like, stories that deepen my understanding of what such events meant to the lives of real people. Donna Fletcher Crow’s books are that kind of historical fiction. In this book a naïve cavalryman rides with the Light Brigade into the disastrous battle, and a well-bred young do-gooder goes as a nurse to serve under Miss Florence Nightingale (“Flo”) under horrific hospital conditions that killed as many as the battles of Crimea. Both are changed forever.

I have read before that it was the social action of the Wesleys and early Methodism that saved England from a fate similar to the French Revolution. Crow introduces us to all sorts of movements as well as exposing the horrors of the Industrial Revolution, and she puts a face on the people involved, including the young preacher Charles Spurgeon. Of course, there is a love story. And a mystery. Although the solution to that might be a little obvious, it too is based on historical events.

All in all, a fun read

[Annemarie Du · Rating 5 out of 5]

Goeie dag Donna,
Ek geniet jou boeke baie, dis altyd baie goed met uitstekende en betroubare navorsing en kom met 'n boodskap wat Charles Spurgeon sou waardeer. Ek gaan dikwels self na of die inligting korrek is. So leer ek meer van die geskiedenis sowel as van die Bybel. Dis so verfrissend om goeie werke te lees wat 'n Christelike inhoud het, sonder enige misbruik van die Here se naam of kragwoorde. Jou boeke is tegelyk 'n getuie en 'n aanmoediging om Jesus meer te volg, om Sy liefde beter te begryp.
Baie dankie,
Annemarie

[Stasia Todd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great

The romance was sweet. T h e background of the war was informative. The life in London for the poor was rough.. The horror of the factories and the use of women and children and and the work of men almost as slaves or animals was brought to light.
Besides all this the story of love and caring sthone through. I enjoyed the main characters and their growth. The history of reform was inspiring.

[Deon]

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[Bear · Rating 2 out of 5]

I vaguely recall this having something to do with the charge of the Light Brigade...or maybe I'm crazy.