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O Décimo Dom (2010)

by Jane Johnson(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

9722344714 (ISBN13: 9789722344715)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Editorial Presença

review 1: Don't let the sub-title of Crossed Bones - 'the all-true adventures and most unlikely romance of a pirate slave girl - put you off this wonderful piece of historical fiction. There’s not a ripped bodice or heaving bosom anywhere - well, apart from on the cover. Instead, what you will find is the story of two women, separated by hundreds of years, but whose stories are seamlessly intertwine to create a compelling and entertaining read.Seventeenth-century Cornish serving girl, Catherine (Cat) Tregenna, is a talented embroiderer who dreams of a more exotic future than the one that seems likely – marriage to her cousin and a life filled with drudgery and babies – when a pirate ship raids her village and carries her and several of her neighbours and relatives off to be ... moresold as slaves in Morocco. She recounts her tale using the margins of the only paper she has in her possession - a small, leather-bound book of embroidery patterns.Hundreds of years later, the books finds its way into the hands of Julia Lovat. Also an embroiderer, Julia's life is stagnant and having been recently dumped by her married lover, she finds herself at a point where she must face the need for change. Upon discovery of Cat's story, Julia becomes entranced, especially when she learns that Cat could be a very distant relative. As Julia gets pulled into Cat's story, she finds herself retracing Cat's journey by traveling to Morroco, only to find that her destiny and Cat's may be more similar than she thought.Jumping between the 17th century and the present, Johnson weaves together the perspectives of both Cat and Julia to tell an engaging story. The two stories mesh together wonderfully, never revealing too much too soon, in such a way that will keep you turning pages.
review 2: This book was hard for me to rate. There were a couple of things I loved about it, several things I really liked about it and a couple of things I hated. I loved the historical part. The story brought to life a time in history and specific events in history that I knew almost nothing about. I enjoyed the author's descriptions and the flow of the story in the 17th century. I did feel like it got a little repetitive at times, like she was trying to make sure the reader picked up on certain details. I didn't think that was necessary and I found myself skimming from time to time because of it. I liked the character of Cat and of Rob and I was very invested in knowing what happened to them. I found Cat's relationship with Qasem to be a little farfetched. He was fascinating but some of the decisions he made regarding Cat just made no sense to me and did not seem consistent with a man with his background and beliefs. I had the same problem with Idris as well, only not to the same extent. I also felt like things wrapped up a little to perfectly to be real, but I can't say I didn't like the endingOverall, I have to say I enjoyed the book. It held my interest from beginning to end and taught me things about the Barbary pirates I don't think I would have ever learned otherwise, ie the difference between a corsair and a pirate. And trip to Morocco is certainly on my bucket list now. less

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