The premise of these letters is interesting, but it just came out of hectic and confusing. Probably best for really dedicated historians of the Civil War and Vicksburg.
I wasn't thrilled with this one at all. Really slow pace, too many descriptions of flora, and her letters are devoid of humour. Hence I didn't like it, but if you like stories of immigration to North America, give it a chance. The setting is 1832 Canada.
These letters are really a must read. They are short and really important to history. Henry VIII hated writing letters with a passion, and here he is writing to Anne, often signing "your loving Sovereign and friend" :). Nothing else will show you history as clearly as a primary source (i.e. straight from the horses mouth, or in this case, king's mouth). The language used is really accessible, readable and rather contemporary, not torture-like Shakespeare at all.
Quite a good series of a life of an educated woman who, along with her doctor-husband, set out to live among gold prospectors in California in 1851. The letters were addressed to her sister Molly and eventually published as a series in a magazine. Really interesting read, I liked it, hence 3/5.
This was a fun read that included 4 versions of the story, versions of which are ranging from 2500BC to 600AD. Some pictures and a map I think were included which really helped. The book was written by E.A. Wallis Budge, the same guy who wrote the "The Babylonian Story of the Deluge", which is also available on manybooks.net
These are personal letters printed by the family of the author for the enjoyment of a larger crowd as passing these sincere funny letters around friends and neighbours was quickly destroying them. The book is about 2 brothers who set out from Devon to Canada in August 1884 in search of a job. They soon find themselves in a pickle. If they knew how to farm, which they don't, there's land to be had and they could quickly prosper. Instead the brothers desperately search for any jobs within the environs of Montreal and not finding any. Although the letters end abruptly, I really enjoyed them. Recommended.
A pretty cool account of the Flood story from Babylon (similar to Noah's flood from the Bible). The book starts of with the account of how the tablets with the knowledge inscribed on them were first found and interpreted. Then the author gets into the story itself. The author often quotes the story, line by line as it was translated from Summerian. Pretty cool. :) Some maps would have helped, but you can google-images anything like that. I liked it, so I give it 3/5 stars
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