Blindspot, Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore
Blindspot, Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore
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Blindspot
By a Gentleman in Exile & a Lady in Disguise

Author: Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore

Narrator: John Lee and Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 18 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/09/2008

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Set in boisterous, rebellious Boston on the eve of the American Revolution, Blindspot ingeniously weaves together the fictional stories of Stewart Jameson, a Scottish portrait painter and notorious libertine, and Fanny Easton, a fallen woman from one of Bostons most powerful families who disguises herself as a boy to become Jamesons defiant and seductive apprentice. Together with an Africanborn doctor, they investigate the death of the famous revolutionary leader Samuel Bradstreet.

Reviews

Goodreads review by K. on May 26, 2010

I think the authors were trying to make a nod at novel conventions, so I can overlook the trite mystery and romance aspects of it. As a few other people mentioned, the sex scenes seem out of place and a bit overboard, but what really got me was the way Fanny's reveal as a woman became such a big dea......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on December 23, 2008

Those who read my reviews regularly know that I deplore poorly researched historical fiction. Unfortunately, there is such a plethora of poorly researched historical fiction available today that I begin each book with a sense of trepidation. Fortunately, "Blindspot" is not only well-researched but al......more

Goodreads review by Jake on July 13, 2009

Blindspot is a masterpiece of teamwork. Kamensky and Lepore, both history professors, have brought alive pre-Revolutionary Boston in the most charming way imaginable: the tale of Stewart Jameson, exiled Scottish portraitist, and Fannie Easton, fallen-socialite-turned-apprentice. As Fannie Easton—or,......more

Goodreads review by Chana on May 04, 2019

This could have been a classy book of historical fiction but for some reason the authors decided to make it a bawdy romance going so far as to name a horse "muck" so they could make a rhyme with the word "fuck". Much of this book is serious and worth consideration: slavery in the 1760's colonies, th......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on January 07, 2009

I enjoyed reading about this period in American history and was intrigued enough to follow the authors' link to learn more about real-life art and biographies from which the novel is drawn. At the risk of sounding prudish (for who wants to be accused of that! lol) I did not think the book needed the......more