Dark Tides - Philippa Gregory
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This, the second book in the Fairmile Series, chronicles an English tradespeople family in the late 1600s as various branches spread out to Venice and the new colonies in America. There are affairs, trysts, a suspicious death, forgeries, desires, all in an historical context.
The book is an excellent portrayal of Restoration London among the trades class, paralleling that with the rise of New England in the colonies.
The characters are well developed; the story engrossing
It would be a five star read except for some implausibilities in the Venetian storyline.
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