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MaMaLa321 · 07/04/2021 18:05

Apologies if there is a thread for this already, as I know it's been out for sometime. But I had to come on and say what a great book it is. Best thing I've read in ages.

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MaMaLa321 · 07/04/2021 18:10

I've just found the other thread of this from December in Chat.
One person didn't like that the heroine 'faffs around with herbs' and I do have to confess that , yes, I did have to overcome my irritation with the herb faffing, which seems to be de rigeur with historical fiction these days. I would just love to have a character come along and say 'you know that cowslip and comfrey poltice you gave me? Well, the ulcer's gone but my leg's dropped off'
However.. given that I loved the book, despite that, means, IMO, it's pretty damn good.

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