Alethea

by Pamela Belle

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425083977
• ISBN13: 9780425083970
• Release Date: November 1985
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Length: 578 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A good read

If you've read Moon in the Water and Chains of Fate, I'm sure you'll like Belle's last book dealing with this branch of the Heron family. (She also wrote Lodestar, which goes back in time a few generations to tell about the life of Christopher Heron.) As with all of the other books by Belle I've read, she really sucks you into the story with fascinating characters set against a turbulant and interesting time in history. This book picks up with the daughter of Francis and Thomasine, Alethea. I didn't enjoy it quite as much as the first two books, but that has nothing to do with Belle's efforts. Her writing was a wonderful as ever, I just didn't identify with Alethea as well as some of the other characters. However, she is still a well-developed and interesting character in her own right. And to say, "I didn't enjoy it as much as the other two" means very little. This book still makes a fascinating read.

Lasting Magic

I first read this book at age 14, and memories of the story are still with me. It is the last in a stunning trilogy that follows a strong and endearing family in 17th Century England. The story is entertaining and beautifully written by Belle, who apparently knows and loves history, as well she knows and loves the families she has brought to life to live in this world.