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Amanda Smith

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Amanda Smith is currently reading

Red Winter Journey

by Paul Rushworth-Brown (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: english-history, historical-fiction, mans-love-for-strong-woman, coming-of-age, family-saga, medieval, twists-and-turns, currently-reading

read in January 2023

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Amanda Smith said: " Red Winter Journey is underpinned by rigorous research. Of course, like most works of fiction it is not necessarily the historical accuracy that keeps the reader hooked. Instead, it is Rushworth-Brown’s ability to construct likeable, or not, characte ...more "

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"I love it!" — May 12, 2023 09:23PM

May 06, 2023 10:08PM · see review

Amanda Smith is currently reading

Red Winter Journey

by Paul Rushworth-Brown (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: coming-of-age, english-history, family-saga, historical-fiction, mans-love-for-strong-woman, medieval, twists-and-turns, currently-reading

read in March 2023

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Amanda Smith said: " One of the very best reasons to read Red Winter Journey is that it brings history to life in a way that other historical novels can never do. Obviously, historical accuracy will vary and the writers don't know how these people felt, or what they said ...more "

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— Apr 13, 2023 05:39PM

Apr 13, 2023 05:45PM · see review

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“Five years ago, I set about writing a different kind of book. A book that I felt wasn't available, a book that I wanted to read. An honest story that pulled no punches about the lives of people living on the moors of Yorkshire in the 16 and 17th centuries. These people were my ancestors and probably yours, the poor peasants lost to time but now found.”
― Paul Rushworth-Brown, Red Winter Journey

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“Modern writers usually don't know what it was like to live in the past, but Rushworth-Brown has done this with great skill in this accomplished, atmospheric and thoughtful novel.” — US National Times”
― Paul Rushworth-Brown

tags: feudalism, medieval, peasant-man, strong-woman, tudor, wholesome-love-for

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“But a novel, different from a history book recounts factual touch points of the past, tells a story and does so through character. What does this character think and feel? Now we are in the realm of fiction—historical fiction.”
― Paul Rushworth-Brown, Skulduggery