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Pre pub quote from Jonathan Douglas, Library Association: 'Page-turning excitement with a warm, strong story of a young girl's first love at its heart. The reader vividly shares the fears, frustrations and yearnings of this Tudor community, whose lives, though ordered by traditions, shelter private secrets of crime and passion.'
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Strong historical fiction and powerful romantic drama set in border country during Elizabethan times -- forbidden passions and family loyalties; heresy and witchcraft, but at the heart of it, the burgeoning love of a young girl. The year is 1578 and Queen Elizabeth 1 is on the throne. Sixteen year old Beatie, the daughter of a North Country farmer is defying her family over the matter of her proposed marriage to her cousin Hugh. She is too busy being the elder daughter and watching over her family -- overseeing the kitchen work; riding her horse, Saint Hilda, and most importantly keeping a watchful eye out for the first sign of marauding Scots from over the border. The family live in Barrowbeck Tower -- a stronghold which should keep out invaders. But the Scots do invade and Beatie has to push at the face of one of them who appears -- courtesy of a grappling iron -- at an upper window. It is a young face and one that Beatie will never forget. It is the first Scot she has injured, probably killed. Next day, Beatie finds a dirty, bleeding body in the old hermit's hut in the wood, and discovers that it belongs to the Scot she pushed from the window. Through guilt she determines to nurse this enemy back to health, despite the terrible danger to herself which could have her burned at the stake. A smouldering tension of love and intimacy develops between patient and carer, but that isn't the only possible relationship for Beatie. She is also growing very close to the young parson, John Becker. This is an exceptionally atmospheric novel, written in the first person through the voice of this feisty Elizabethan teenager. The reader is immediately taken on a journey to Elizabethan England -- the country, not the city -- and the smells and sounds are vividly brought to life. Maggie Prince draws a vivid picture too of the wild landscape of the Border Country and the eternal teenage struggle to break free of childhood and lead an independent life.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book, definitely well worth the read!,
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This review is from: Raider's Tide (Paperback)
This is an absolutely fantastic book, and I would recommend it to anyone! It deals with what life was like for a sixteen year old girl in the 1500's.It is really really good, and grips you until the very end, dealing with forbidden love, the issues of the time and basically life in the sixteenth centtury. The ending is a bit of a tear jerker, so have a hanky at the ready! The only thing I can criticise about this book is that it is way too short! At only 200 and something pages, it is a bit short, but still extremely good. I really would recommend it to all of you!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Raider's Tide (Paperback)
Raider's Tide is up there among the best books I've read recently. I was hooked from page one, as if I was right there inside Beatie's head, keeping watch on the Pike. It's brilliantly written, exciting (very!!), with a fantastic heroine and an assorted medley of other characters who each have their own unique character. If you like Celia Rees you'll adore this author (and personally I think Maggie Prince is MUCH better). Now I'm eagerly off to get the sequel to Raider's Tide...(I WISH books like this had been written when I was a young adult. I had to jump straight from Enid Blyton to Moll Flanders!)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book,
By History_Girl (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Raider's Tide (Paperback)
This is a great historical book.Beatrice is a wonderful character, along with the Scot Robert and the Pastor John. One fault with the book is that it tends to go off on tangents with information which does not concern the main characters and you get a little bored with it. Still, on the whole a good read. If you enjoy, don't forget to read the sequel "North Side of the Tree"
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