![]() ![]() A gifted healer, this striking young woman of two worlds finds herself in peril when a dangerously ill runaway slave is discovered near the family home and Hannah insists on nursing the outlaw. But despite a devastating personal loss, the Bonners persevere, with Hannah, Nathaniel’s half-Indian daughter, working as a doctor in training. It is the spring of 1802 and the village of Paradise is still reeling from the typhoid epidemic of the previous summer. But with this journey a whole new world opens up to Nathaniel and Elizabeth–and a destiny they could never have imagined awaits them. In his heart, the Mahican tribe of Hawkeye’s youth is the truest kin he will ever know, just as Nathaniel will always remain loyal to the Mohawk nation. Torn apart, the Bonners must embark on yet another perilous voyage…this time all the way across the ocean to the heart of Scotland, where a wealthy earl claims kinship with Nathaniel’s father, Hawkeye. It is a struggle that threatens her with the loss of what she loves most: her children. But she soon discovers that freeing Nathaniel will take every ounce of her courage and inventiveness. Accompanied by her stepdaughter, Hannah, their wise friend Curiosity Freeman, and Runs-from-Bears, a Mohawk warrior and lifelong friend of Nathaniel’s, Elizabeth journeys through the snowy wilderness and across treacherous waterways. In a desperate bid to save her husband, Elizabeth bundles her infants and sets out on the long trek to Montreal. Instead Nathaniel is imprisoned and finds himself in imminent danger of being hanged as an American spy. Nathaniel reluctantly leaves Hidden Wolf Mountain to set out for the distant city, determined to see his father freed. Word has reached them that Nathaniel’s father has been arrested by crown officials in British Canada. ![]() But soon the events in Canada draw Nathaniel far away from his new family. Interweaving the fate of the Mohawk Nation with the destiny of two lovers, Sara Donati’s compelling novel creates a complex, profound, passionate portrait of an emerging America.Įlizabeth and Nathaniel Bonner have settled into their life together at the edge of the New-York wilderness in the winter of 1794 when Elizabeth gives birth to healthy twins. Determined to provide schooling for all the children of the village, she soon finds herself locked in conflict with the local slave owners as well as her own family. And she meets a man unlike any she has ever encountered – a white man dressed like a Native American, Nathanial Bonner, known to the Mohawk people as Between-Two-Lives. It is a place unlike any she has ever experienced. Elizabeth Middleton leaves her comfortable English estate to join her family in a remote New York mountain village. I’m going to attempt to summarise each of the blurbs for the rest of this article so that you can get a feel for what the series is about.ĭecember of 1792. They’re also multi-generational, spanning decades. The stories are rich in detail and inter-connecting back stories with a heavy cast of characters. This is not a series that you can follow without having read each book. While I loved all six books in the series, book 5, Queen of Swords, is my ultimate favourite. They were, of course, definitely worth the wait! There are six books in total and the series is now finished with all titles available in gorgeous matching covers. I was over-joyed to see the promo for the second instalment advertised in the back cover, less so when I realised I would have to wait two years for it, and for each one thereafter. To my utter delight, Into the Wilderness proved itself a most enjoyable read, containing all of the necessary ingredients required for a good historical fiction with romantic elements. But even back then I loved historical fiction, as my friend well knew, and thick books had never put me off either. I’d never heard of Sara Donati before, nor had I heard of Diana Gabaldon, whose high praise on the cover conveyed much about this mystery book’s contents. I received the first book in The Wilderness Series, Into the Wilderness, as a thank you gift from a friend.
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