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Exploration: The Stanfield Chronicles
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After the disastrous fire in 1613, a young man, Isaac Stanfield, leaves Dorchester to become a sailor on a merchantman, the Sweet Rose. Through resilience, initiative, and luck, Isaac finds himself a participant and observer in the explorations that preceded the arrival of the Mayflower in New England in 1620.
Isaac's thirst for adventure is tempered by the love and support ...more
Isaac's thirst for adventure is tempered by the love and support ...more
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Kindle Edition, 398 pages
Published
November 3rd 2020
by River Grove Books
(first published October 21st 2020)
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An amazing story that is written in journals and letters that suck me (the reader) in right from the get go. Difficult to put down, I thoroughly enjoyed the adventures, relationships, explorations, wittiness and kindness of this young man, Isaac Stanfield. His journey's engage him with trial and triumph and each character met throughout this book has purpose.
The book was well written in the setting of the early 1600's. It covers so many key details through eyes of Isaac, as he set off on each ...more
The book was well written in the setting of the early 1600's. It covers so many key details through eyes of Isaac, as he set off on each ...more
Wonderful imagery of a man's adventures
During the time of New England's infancy and exploration, David Tory builds a world around a young boy's adventures and struggles to adulthood and maturity. I felt the miles pass below my feet as I delved into the journey. Bravo! ...more
During the time of New England's infancy and exploration, David Tory builds a world around a young boy's adventures and struggles to adulthood and maturity. I felt the miles pass below my feet as I delved into the journey. Bravo! ...more
Exploration by David Tory is the first book in the new Stanfield Chronicles series. Set primarily in England, Exploration follows Isaac Stanfield through his teen and young adult years. Stanfield's story is told through a combination of letters and journal entries which describe the many adventures he experiences. His adventures largely center around sailing and doing investigative work for individuals invested in what would become the Massachusetts Bay Company. As part of his work, Stanfield is
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I won this book in a goodreads drawing.
A young man takes to sea, gets involved in espionage and settling the New World for England. Told as a series of letters and journal entries.
Fairly good for the most part.
A young man takes to sea, gets involved in espionage and settling the New World for England. Told as a series of letters and journal entries.
Fairly good for the most part.
I won this Kindle book in a giveaway. The story is about settling New England before the Pilgrims came. The story might have been interesting; however, I do not enjoy books written in the form of letters and/or journals.
Exploration takes place in the time prior to the Mayflower's arrival in the New World. The times are experienced through the eyes of young Isaac who signed on as a sailor on a ship called Rosie. This is one of my favorite times in history but I did find (especially in the beginning) it a bit tedious. This e-book was received from Goodreads.
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Nov 26, 2020
John
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Great I won the giveaway, can't wait to start reading
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A fantastic coming of age story set in the early 1600s. I loved how the story was told in letters and journal entries, it really felt like I had stumbled upon some long forgotten cache of personal effects and I was sucked in to Isaac Stanfield's life and adventure from the get go. This novel had an incredibly interesting take on New England prior to the Pilgrims, I don't feel like this section of time is written about too often and it was fascinating looking at the landscape, wildlife and inhabi
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(I received a free copy of this book through Goodreads, but all opinions in this review are my own.)
NO, NO, NO. To be 100% honest, I started this book three times, but I just could not read it. From the opening sentence, this book makes no attempt to capture the language, culture or social norms of the 17th century. You see, grown-ups can read and understand big words and readers of HF abhor anachronisms, especially slangy dialogue. Mr. Tory is no Hilary Mantel. But to be fair, that is a high ba ...more
NO, NO, NO. To be 100% honest, I started this book three times, but I just could not read it. From the opening sentence, this book makes no attempt to capture the language, culture or social norms of the 17th century. You see, grown-ups can read and understand big words and readers of HF abhor anachronisms, especially slangy dialogue. Mr. Tory is no Hilary Mantel. But to be fair, that is a high ba ...more
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I thought this was a really interesting story of a young smart young man who went through numerous adventures in the years leading up to the Mayflower departure to the Americas. The story begins with a massive fire and the ensuing events come fast and furious from there. Isaac, the protagonist, is a fictional character but his many adventures are embedded with actual historical figures and facts. If you're interested in history, this makes a very nice read.
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I won a copy of this book in a Goodread ...more
This book is written as the journals and letters of Isaac Stanfield. He certainly has some wild adventures! There is a lot of sailing vocabulary thrown in throughout the book. I liked the historical aspects of the story, including what different towns were like and how life was like as a seaman. However, the story was very long and could have benefitted from some editing down to keep things moving along at a brisker pace at times.
I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway. Yay!
I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway. Yay!
This e-book was received in a giveaway from goodreads.com in exchange for an honest review. Historical fiction is a genre that I find enjoyable to read and really had high hopes for this e-book. For some reason I just didn't connect with the characters. The story seemed much too long and tedious to get through in my opinion. There were a lot of historical facts presented and would probably be a good read for others that want to learn more about the time period.
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great book
Interesting storyline and read
Really enjoyable. The letters-and-journal-entries format was engaging to read, although it did occasionally make some of the exposition feel a bit forced.
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