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Bezig met laden... Guardian of the Freedomdoor Irene Radford
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  nordie | Oct 14, 2023 |   In the mid-1700's young girls do what they are told, even if they are descended from lines of magicians and don't wish to wear skirts. Young Georgina, sister to the current Pendragon, decides she will seek her own fortune. She uses her swordfighting skills and moves to the Continent, where she meets with Casanova. And before you start thinking of "hot and steamy" with that name, be assured that her encounters with the great swordsman and lover take place mainly off-stage and in the past. Georgie, the mercenary (whose batman is also a woman disguised as a man!) is able to use her magickal powers during several battles in Austro-Hungary. There is some repetitive-ness that does happen in Radford's books, mainly Dr. Marlowe who wants to re-animate his dead son by using books from the Pendragon archives and will stop at very little to access them. Including using his medicine to drug Georgina's brother Drake into senselessness for several years, and also uses arcane powers to summon the above demon. In the Colonies, Radford's ability to weave history with storytelling moves to the forefront, and we see from Georgina's eyes (and other characters' to some extent) the conditions of slaves, women, and the desire for a Revolution. The events leading up to it, including those that are barely hinted at in schoolbooks, are well told. Again, I'm glad she ended her series where (and when) she did, and I'm glad she wrote them as well. (  ) threadnsong | May 2, 2021 | Serinde24 | Aug 17, 2018 |  Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. ) madamediotte | Jan 5, 2014 | Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. ) Serinde24 | Mar 26, 2013 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Merlin's Descendants, Irene Radford's historical fantasy series, has taken us from the legendary time of Merlin and King Arthur forward through Great Britain's history. Now, with Guardian of the Freedom, we reach a very divisive age for both the British Empire and the Kirkwood family, the descendants of Merlin and Arthur in the Pendragon line. King George III has recently taken the throne, and, unlike some of his royal predecessors, he seems only too willing to cut himself off from the counsel and magical protection of the current Pendragon, Drake Kirkwood, the Earl of Kirkenwood." "Drake, suffering from ill health which is not entirely natural, has slowly allowed others in the Pendragon Society - the secret circle of magic practitioners dedicated to the protection and preservation of Great Britain - to play a greater role in government than they should. His rebellious sister Georgina has long been absent from England, off fighting in foreign wars in a disguise that allows her entree to places and events no woman would normally see. With Georgina away, Drake has come to depend, perhaps far too much, on a distant cousin, Dr. Milton Marlowe, a prominent member of the Pendragon Society." "But suddenly situations both at home and abroad have begun to escalate to crisis proportions. Georgina, badly injured in the war, returns home at last. When she finds, to her horror, that Drake seems to be on the brink of death, she knows she can no longer shirk her responsibilities nor deny her magical heritage." "Yet circumstances may well prevent Georgie from being there when Drake and the family need her most. Sent to the American colonies on a secret mission, Georgie soon finds herself entangled with some of the key leaders of what will become the American Revolution. Torn by conflicting loyalties, and faced with an enemy who has once again opened a way for the Demon of Chaos to wreak havoc in both the Old World and the New, she will be hard put to help Drake and the family in their hour of dire peril."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.52)
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Drake, suffering from ill health which is not entirely natural, has slowly allowed others in the Pendragon Society - the secret circle of magic practitioners dedicated to the protection and preservation of Great Britain - to play a greater role in government than they should. His rebellious sister Georgina has long been absent from England, off fighting in foreign wars in a disguise that allows her entree to places and events no woman would normally see. With Georgina away, Drake has come to depend, perhaps far too much, on a distant cousin, Dr. Milton Marlowe, a prominent member of the Pendragon Society.
But suddenly situations both at home and abroad have begun to escalate to crisis proportions. Georgina, badly injured in the war, returns home at last. When she finds, to her horror, that Drake seems to be on the brink of death, she knows she can no longer shirk her responsibilities nor deny her magical heritage."
Received as part of the May 2012 batch from Librarything's Early Reviewer lot, and to mark the publication of this book as an ebook. Number 5 in the series of Merlin's descendants and I believe the last in the series.
Set in the mid 18th century, the Kirkwood family is now large and extended, and there is a Pendragon Society with various ranks of magicians. There is still a Pendragon at it's head (Drake) and Drake's sister Georgiana - a tomboy if ever there was one - is almost as strong magically as him
For various reason she finds herself in America in the lead up to the Boston Tea party and American Independence, isolated from her immediate family, but still having to fight a war against chaos and dark magic. Finally she was to return home, to help her family in one final fight to the death with the forces of dark and evil.
This is a much stronger book than the previous book (which I found to be the weakest of the series). It brought much of the previous stories together, tied things back to the original stories nicely without seeming to be a "end of series clip show". It has plenty of action from the start, and showed a good strong development to the end. (