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Barbara Sontheimer, the Author of “The Mutiny Brides” has written an intriguing, edgy, and captivating novel. The Genres for this well-written and adventurous novel are : Historical Romance, Historical French Fiction, American Historical Romance, U.S. Historical Fiction, and Women’s Fiction. The author vividly describes the rough, wild, perilous adventure and scenery, and the dramatic and colorful characters. The timeline for this story is set in 1719 when “La Mutiny” sailed from France” to what would be New Orleans. The women were taken against their will and chained together during the dangerous voyage. Many of these women were poor and innocent, but in a trial were called prostitutes, and thieves. At sea, there were storms, and disease and many women died. The politicians from France were only concerned what the lands could offer.
The women that survived were brought to the wilderness in New Orleans where they had to fend for themselves. There were little or no provisions, and the women had to starve or fend for themselves. There was no shelter, and little clothing and the women were at the mercy of nature’s dangerous elements. Some of the women learned to catch crabs, and became resourceful. The women were expected to marry. Some of the men had been sailors on the ship, and others arrived from other ships. Most of the women did marry, and the couples worked the land as best they could.
My favorite parts of this story are how resourceful the women could be, and how they helped one another. There were many things that I learned from this book, that I had not been aware of. I would highly recommend this thought-provoking novel.
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