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She is the author of the critically acclaimed satucket novels. The eighteenth century cape cod house, an architectural classic which can be seen now in many parts of the country, began here, and one winter spent on cape cod might tell you why the houses were built on low foundations close to the ground with short walls and steeply pitched roofs to fend of the fierce cape cod wind, constructed around a large central chimney exiting through the ridgeline. Combining actual historical figures and events, like john adams and the boston massacre, with enthralling fictional. Lyddie, the wife of a whaler in a cape cod village, massachusetts, finds herself a widow, way. The widows war by sally gunning book club discussion. Also writing novels as sally cabot, gunning is best known for the satucket series.
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Sally gunning is a history enthusiast from the united states that writes historical fiction. Gunning s quietly compelling historical novel places the limited rights of 18thcentury new england married women, particularly widows, within the context of a prerevolutionary america in which rebellious attitudes toward english rule foment new ideas about freedom and individual rights. From the critically acclaimed author of the widow s war comes a captivating work of literary historical fiction that explores the tenuous relationship between a brilliant and complex father and his devoted daughterthomas jefferson and martha jefferson randolph. Read the widow s war a novel by sally cabot gunning available from rakuten kobo. From sally gunning, the critically acclaimed author of the widows war and bound, comes the rebellion of jane clarke, the compelling story of a young woman caught between tradition and independence, family and conscience, loyalty and love, on the eve of the revolutionary war. Includes the fascinating story behind the story of the widow s war, a map of colonial brewster, and a driving tour of the village of satucket.
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