Goodreads rating: 3.92/5
Published: March 7, 2023
Author: Patricia Bernstein
Genre: historical romance
Based on the true story of Winifred Maxwell, a Catholic in anti-Catholic EnglandScotland, 1716 -Traveling alone through a frightful snowstorm, Bethan Glentaggart is desperate to get to London where her husband languishes in the Tower of London. As the date of Gavin's beheading rapidly approaches, Bethan has only her wits and her women friends to support her against King George. Will she be able to free Gavin? Will she even be allowed to see him?
A special thanks to the publisher and Library Things for this e-ARC in return for my honest review.
I am amazed with this story, of how a woman in the year 1716 managed to save her husband from being beheaded! Who would have thought that such woman even exists historically!
Based on a true story, Bethan is a loving, docile, Catholic wife of Gavin. Gavin was wrongly captured and sentenced to be executed by King George. Hence Bethan gathered all the courage she could muster and travelled far to the Tower to save her husband. Along the way, she made friends who eventually helped her with her plan.
The author has written it as classical as possible of the heroic act of one woman, strong-willed and clever. It truly was an agonizing journey for a lady way back then which was not an easy feat. Though the pace was slow, that happy ever after ending was worth enduring for.
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