From the Bookshelf of MidCoast Libraries Better Reading Bookclub…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
Not since
Elemental
by Amanda Curtin has a novel mesmerised and delighted me as much as
The Essex Serpent
.
The novel succeeds wonderfully as a work of historical fiction highlighting as it does the injustice of public housing laws in 1890s London against which many of the characters unite to take action. The novel also references the burgeoning call for the recognition and advancement of women's rights and the questioning of 'faith' pitted against 'reason' when consideration of controver ...more
The novel succeeds wonderfully as a work of historical fiction highlighting as it does the injustice of public housing laws in 1890s London against which many of the characters unite to take action. The novel also references the burgeoning call for the recognition and advancement of women's rights and the questioning of 'faith' pitted against 'reason' when consideration of controver ...more
