The Blind Contessa's New Machine: A Novel
by Carey Wallace
The Blind Contessa's New Machine (6/13/2010)
A very slow book to begin with, this does get more interesting as it goes on.
It is about a blind Contess,her unexpired husband and the involvment of her long time companion,older than her, but whom they have a wonderful and powerful relationship.
It is based on a true story of the 19th century inventor and his ability to create a typewriter machine for helping her blindness.She ended up,through her dreams and her friend, by being able to communicate by a" writing machine"
A powerful book for anyone nearing the hardship of blindness and learning how to get around the tragedy of this
This is a good historical novel and would be excellent were it not too slow.
The Queen's Lover: A Novel
by Vanora Bennett
An insight into the real Tutors (3/8/2010)
This very long (over 500 pages) historical novel involves the merge of France and England in the 15th c . Part fiction and part historical you are involved from the beginning of the intrigue and diplomacy of the rise of the Tudors and the French connection.
All of the fiction is based on historical facts including the burning of Joan of Arc.
Slow to start, mainly because of the history involved, one becomes involved with the hurts and lives of Catherine Valaus This is a novel which shows the beginning of the Tudor Kings and Queens and if you are interested in how it all began, than this is novel for you.
Full of surprises and actions of the 15th C. England and France, this novel is highly recommended reading
