And The Waters Shall Cover The Earth
a tale of the drainage of the Fens
Fiction & Literature, Historical
| Author: | Forbes Bramble | ISBN: | 9781906791216 |
| Publisher: | Arena Books | Publication: | December 12, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Arena Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Forbes Bramble |
| ISBN: | 9781906791216 |
| Publisher: | Arena Books |
| Publication: | December 12, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Arena Books |
| Language: | English |
Jacon dew Vries, arrives from Holland with his wife, Cristeen, and daughter, Katja, to a remote part of East Anglia to undertake the drainage of the swamps and meres of Oxay Fen. In doing so he is unaware of walking into a melee arousing political passions which divide the community.
This is a magnificently poetic and atmospheric novel describing the fens and fenland life in the 1690s. The authenticity of the tale is brought alive by the descirptions of the environment with its mists and distant horizons, its characters and their dialogue, in a way which few historical novels are able to match.
Jacon dew Vries, arrives from Holland with his wife, Cristeen, and daughter, Katja, to a remote part of East Anglia to undertake the drainage of the swamps and meres of Oxay Fen. In doing so he is unaware of walking into a melee arousing political passions which divide the community.
This is a magnificently poetic and atmospheric novel describing the fens and fenland life in the 1690s. The authenticity of the tale is brought alive by the descirptions of the environment with its mists and distant horizons, its characters and their dialogue, in a way which few historical novels are able to match.
