In Search of Mademoiselle
Gelesen von Tony Oliva
George Gibbs
(4,857 Sterne; 7 Bewertungen)
Preface note by George Gibbs: There were no more vivid episodes in the colonization of the New World than those resulting from the attempts of the French people to gain a permanent foothold on our shores.... The most thrilling chapter in all this history, strangely neglected or overlooked by the romantic writers, is that of the struggle between the Spanish and French colonists for dominion over our own land of Florida. To me, whose profession it is to see pictures in the words of other men and to produce them, this historic page has appealed very strongly as the proper setting for a human drama--an inviting canvas upon which the imagination may paint a moving picture of the emotions, desires and passions--the loves and hates--of men and women like ourselves--against the somber and sometimes lurid background of historic fact.
From chapter 1: It is enough that I loved--and now love--Diane better than woman was ever loved, and that I hated Diego with a hate which has outlived death itself.
- Summary by The author, George Gibbs (11 hr 26 min)
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NOT HIS BEST
AVID READER
(5 Sterne)
This is the seventh book by Gibbs that I have read, and it falls somewhat short of the others. The characters in this one we're not as real to me as those in the other books. The author used strong personal bonds in the other side, but these were not so vivid in this one. Again, the first six maintained gripping suspense virtually to the end, while this ending was never in doubt. I think that sweeping historical fiction is not the author's strong point. The story is still fairly good and TO does his ever great read.