or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
14 used & new from £1.95
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Woman of a Thousand Secrets
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.

Woman of a Thousand Secrets (Hardcover)

by Barbara Wood (Author)
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
RRP: £19.99
Price: £18.99 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £1.00 (5%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Only 5 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

11 new from £2.70 3 used from £1.95
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Paperback Order it used

Frequently Bought Together

Customers buy this book with Daughter of the Sun by Barbara Wood

Woman of a Thousand Secrets + Daughter of the Sun
Price For Both: £25.93

One of these items is dispatched sooner than the other. Show details

  • This item: Woman of a Thousand Secrets by Barbara Wood

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • Daughter of the Sun by Barbara Wood

    In stock but may require up to 2 additional days to deliver.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Daughter of the Sun

Daughter of the Sun

by Barbara Wood
£6.94
The Dreaming

The Dreaming

by Barbara Wood
4.5 out of 5 stars (2)  £10.00
The Blessing Stone

The Blessing Stone

by Barbara Wood
5.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £18.04
The Warrior's Princess

The Warrior's Princess

by Barbara Erskine
3.7 out of 5 stars (44)  £4.76
Soul Flame

Soul Flame

by Barbara Wood
5.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £10.00
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Hardcover: 379 pages
  • Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd (Aug 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0727866850
  • ISBN-13: 978-0727866851
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.8 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,428,070 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Synopsis

This is an epic of magic and intrigue from the international bestseller. This is the story of Tonina. She came from the sea, found floating in a basket by a childless couple. Unlike the fellow villagers in her adoptive home, she is tall, lean and light-skinned. When she turns nineteen, her parents know they must send her back to her people. Their island is not far from the mainland, the place where she must return.And here is where Tonina's adventure begins. It is a tale of survival and sacrifice, of luck, magic, intrigue, danger, romance and betrayal. It is an epic filled with ancient lore, tales of bearded white men who sailed to this shore in giant ships, and discoveries of medicinal miracles in the jungles of Central America. It is Barbara Wood at her best.

Tag this product

 (What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Woman of a Thousand Secrets
40% buy the item featured on this page:
Woman of a Thousand Secrets 4.0 out of 5 stars (1)
£18.99
Yesterday's Child
18% buy
Yesterday's Child
£7.00
The Watch Gods
16% buy
The Watch Gods
£8.00
Virgins of Paradise
14% buy
Virgins of Paradise 5.0 out of 5 stars (2)
£11.00
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

1 Review
5 star:    (0)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
4.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, 13 Jan 2009
By TeensReadToo "Eat. Drink. Read. Be Merrier." (All Over the US & Canada) - See all my reviews
(TOP 100 REVIEWER)   
This review is from: Woman of a Thousand Secrets (Paperback)
WOMAN OF A THOUSAND SECRETS is a saga of one woman's journey in the New World, long before the Conquistadors' time.

Tonina, delivered to Pearl Island as a baby by dolphin spirits, considers Pearl Island her home, though she has always been an outsider. As much as she wishes she could fit in with the Islanders, there has always been something different about her, and the time has come for her to leave Pearl Island and find her own people.

Tonina's adoptive grandparents, Guama and Huracan, devise a scheme to convince Tonina to leave the island. They tell her that Huracan has an awful sickness that can only be cured by a mysterious red flower with magical healing properties. Immediately, Tonina sees it as her duty to find this red flower and bring it back to Pearl Island, curing Huracan, a man who has loved her all her life and given her a home.

While her journey is perilous and Tonina encounters villains and treachery along her way, she also finds friends and companions that she grows to love. From Prince Balám, an embittered ballplayer who has lost everything in life, to One-Eye, an unscrupulous dwarf who ends up falling a little bit in love with the naïve and pure Tonina, every character is memorable and exceptionally developed.

Perhaps most significantly, she meets Kaan, a Mayan ballplayer who is a hero of the games, regarded more highly than a king or holy man. Since Tonina and Kaan first laid eyes on each other, there has been a strange bond between the two. Struggle as they might to fight their feelings for each other, their futures are inexplicably intertwined. Both must fulfill a quest that has been thrust upon them - Tonina to find the ever-elusive red healing flower, and Kaan, to complete a pilgrimage to Teotihuacan to pray for his wife's soul.

Balám proves to be an unworthy adversary for the ever noble Kaan and Tonina, and occasionally the twists and turns in plot bog down the pace of the story as opposed to enhancing the mystery and suspense. However, overall WOMAN OF A THOUSAND SECRETS is a tale of honor worth reading.

In a superstitious world where destiny is determined by the gods and any bad luck is evidence that the gods are unhappy, the Mayans spend the majority of their time appeasing the gods, to ensure a peaceful afterlife. Barbara Wood crafts an extravagant world of love and deceit, mixing history and fantasy to create a story of the same epic proportions as LORD OF THE RINGS.

Reviewed by: Amber Gibson
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject










i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback


Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.