The Valley, Helen Bryan
The Valley, Helen Bryan
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The Valley

Author: Helen Bryan

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 21 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 07/19/2016

Synopsis

The first installment in an epic historical trilogy by Helen Bryan, the bestselling author of War Brides and The Sisterhood, The Valley is a sweeping, unforgettable tale of hardship, tenacity, love, and heartache.Left suddenly penniless, the Honorable Sophia Grafton, a viscount’s orphaned daughter, sails to the New World to claim the only property left to her name: a tobacco plantation in the remote wilds of colonial Virginia. Enlisting the reluctant assistance of a handsome young French spy—at gunpoint— she gathers an unlikely group of escaped slaves and indentured servants, each seeking their own safe haven in the untamed New World.What follows will test her courage and that of her companions as they struggle to survive a journey deep into a hostile wilderness and eventually forge a community of homesteads and deep bonds that will unite them for generations.

About Helen Bryan

Helen Bryan is a Virginia native who grew up in Tennessee. After graduating from Barnard College, she moved to England, where she studied law and was a barrister for ten years before devoting herself to writing full-time.A member of the Inner Temple, Bryan is the author of four previous books: the World War II novel War Brides; the historical novel The Sisterhood; the biography Martha Washington: First Lady of Liberty, which won an Award of Merit from the Colonial Dames of America; and the legal handbook Planning Applications and Appeals. The Valley is the first in a planned trilogy based on her childhood stories of ancestors who settled in Virginia and Maryland before Tennessee became a state.Bryan resides in London with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Louise Child

Deeply disappointing It started with a glimmer of a storyline and then just rambled. Inaccurate historically , so that didn't add to what could have been charming .The main characters , at the beginning ,I hoped would be developed but it was not to be. They were dropped and replaced with new characte......more

Goodreads review by Sharyn

There's more telling than showing in this story which definitely detracts from the enjoyment and I nearly stopped reading several times, but pushed on until the end. The story is a long ramble with far too much detail at times, but it did pick up and parts of the story were definitely enjoyaby. The......more

Goodreads review by Linda

Immaculately researched. Captivating time, place, and characters. I highly recommend this to any lover of historical fiction.......more

Goodreads review by Julianne

This one started off wonderfully. I was so drawn to Sophia’s character and felt like the storyline was developing nicely. The first third was five stars for me. But then the arc of the plot pretty much disappeared, the writing style became more rambling and trite, and new characters were introduced......more

Goodreads review by Tanya

Strange Even though I enjoyed the book overall it was strangely written. At first it was fine but then it keep jumping ahead years at a time and skipping over a lot of the story line......more

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