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The Lost Duchess Kindle Edition

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Emme Fifield has fallen about as far as a gentlewoman can.

Once a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, her only hope of surviving the scandal that threatens to engulf her is to escape England for a fresh start in the New World, where nobody has ever heard of the Duchess of Somerset.

Emme joins Kit Doonan’s rag-tag band of idealists, desperados and misfits bound for Virginia. But such a trip will be far from easy and Emme finds her attraction to the mysterious Doonan inconvenient to say the least...

Length: 450 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English

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Exciting, exotic and tantalising, Lancashire Evening Post

Barden expertly weaves intricate historical detail around her love story, lovereading.co.uk

A wonderfully complex story of intrigue, mystery, hardship and betrayal, Historical Novel Review

A cracking read! -- Hazel Gaynor, author of The Girl Who Came Home

An excellent work of historical fiction, Historical Fiction Obsession --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Emme Fifield has fallen about as far as a gentlewoman can.

Once a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, her only hope of surviving the scandal that threatens to engulf her is to escape England for a fresh start in the New World, where nobody has ever heard of the Duchess of Somerset.

Emme joins Kit Doonan’s rag-tag band of idealists, desperados and misfits bound for Virginia. But such a trip will be far from easy and Emme finds her attraction to the mysterious Doonan inconvenient to say the least.

As for Kit, the handsome mariner has spent years imprisoned by the Spanish, and living as an outlaw with a band of escaped slaves; he has his own inner demons to confront, and his own dark secrets to keep... --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

ASIN : B00DW4LBKE
Publisher : Ebury Digital (7 November 2013)
Language : English
File size : 2436 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 450 pages

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A gripping tale of Colonial America

Reviewed in Australia on 17 January 2014

From it's shocking and gripping opening chapter of this novel by author Jenny Barden, the reader is hooked. I could not help but feel empathy for the heroine's plight and her need to start a new life away from the scandal that threatens to destroy her life through no fault of her own. So she finds a way to escape to the New World via a ship of settlers. It is to the infamous Roanoke that they are to venture to, where the mystery of what happened to its inhabitants has yet to be understood. What follows is a wonderfully complex story of intrigue, mystery, hardship, and betrayal.
There is not one, but two horrible villains, and a wonderfully smart, savvy hero named Kit Doonan, that one cannot help but like. I was impressed with the author's historical research that really brought to life the struggles early settlers faced in America. The heroine, Emme, is also portrayed with credibility and empathy. This book is definitely an adventure story with strong elements of danger and a definite love story weaved therein. With its roots in Colonial America as wells as Elizabethan England, there is much to enjoy if one loves history. A nicely written novel with a compelling story!

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John Jackson

A Really Good Read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2014

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For various reasons - mostly concerning available time - it has taken me longer than i hoped to finish this excellent book.

The establishment and loss of Roanoke settlement is a fascinating period in history, and this immaculately researched book effortlessly straddles the freedom of a novel with the constraints of recorded facts.

Jenny has an easy reading style, her characters are well defined at all levels and all these make up a really good read!

I am now looking forward to Jenny's next book

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Sarah L. Gruwell

Not a bad exploration of the fate of Roanoke

Reviewed in the United States on 2 May 2014

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I have to commend the author on the research she did on the subject of the Roanoke Colony and all the latest information on it. I literally lived and breathed with the colonists as they made the long journey to America and struggled for survival in a world inhabited by those that hated them (for the most part). From the Tudor court of Queen Elizabeth to the dangerous paradise of the Caribbean islands to the wilds of Virginia, each scene is lush and vivid with life. The author even brought in some of the latest to come out of archeology and research on the colony like the gold ring and the patch on the map. It all made for a novel that will transport you to another time and place.

I enjoyed the depth of the characters and sweetness of romance in this novel. Everyone was distinct and stood out all on their own. Possessive Elizabeth, dreamy Governor White, determined Emme, and knowledgeable Kit drew me into the story right along with the dramatic surroundings. I felt that Emme and Kit fit each other extremely well. He seemed to be the calm grounding for a floundering Emme. And she provided someone for him to focus on and build a life around besides his son. I'm finding it a bit hard to put into words, but bottom line is the romance was beautiful and the characters breathed with life.

Then there came the ending... The narrative seems to suddenly go from blood-thumping showdown to everything being hunky dory in story land. There are huge questions (at least for me) left unanswered in the end, and I'm not even talking about the fate of the Lost Colonists. And some of the characters get to safety way too easily. There's at least another 50-60 pages of story, I felt, that could have been told. Did all this destroy the book for me? No. It's still a pretty strong novel, but be prepared for a bit of disappointment along the way.

I would recommend this novel to anyone looking for a good historical fiction, as long as you go in knowing that it's not perfect. The historical details, the characters, and the relationships carry it through any disappointment that may arise.

Joyce A. Luna

History and Love

Reviewed in the United States on 18 August 2014

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When you need to get away from all that is going on in this world, and especially
the bad news, this is a great book to read. You not only enjoy the history side of it
but you have a great love story that you can hand to your family and not ashamed
of what they may read. It is a good decent book. I pass it to my friends and sometimes
they are long about passing to the next one but they eagerly wait and look forward
to learning and enjoying .

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