Thank you, thank you, thank you to Linda and her positive review which prompted me to read this excellent book.

This novel is a testament to what a talented, dedicated, experienced writer can bring to a topic a reader might expect to feel worn or condensed or rehashed . None of that here !

Instead what happens here is a real treasure for the reader - years of research, multiple perspectives, difficult terrain, conflicting historical and dramatic accounts all coalesced into a page turner.

If all topics were written up like this people like me would do nothing but read !

If I could give this writer and this book six stars I would .