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BOOK REVIEW: The Lady Rose
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by: Lesa Boutin Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: The Lady Rose Genre: Inspirational/Historical/Romance
Rosamund Shmidden is sent away to live with her father’s old nurse. Having been aware that her father, Lord Shmidden, was under strain she questions him but is given no explanation, only that it is for her own safety.
With a heavy heart, wearing the clothes of a commoner and carrying only a meager trunk and small chest that once belonged to her mother, Rosamund does as she’s told.
Lord Shmidden is in agony, but sending Rosamund away is his only hope for her well-being. A corrupt neighboring landowner has demanded Rosamund’s hand or an all out attack on Lord Shmidden and his lands. He has already lost one Rose and can not bear to lose another. But Shmidden turned his back on God after the mysterious disappearance of his wife, Rose. He forbade the name of God to be spoken again and placed chains on the door of the chapel like the ones on his heart. Where could he go for help?
Alone and dejected Rosamund goes through her mother’s chest and finds a handwritten copy of the Book of Psalms. Never having been taught about God she is delighted to find Him real and alive within the scriptures.
Lord Shmidden sends to family friend, Eric Branden, for help. Branden had been Rosamund’s childhood champion, the handsome young Viking with the ice blue eyes she could never forget. However Branden is across the Baltic Sea and winter would soon hinder travel.
Lord Shmidden realizes his folly in having turned his back on God. How could he ever imagine that he would be able to handle everything that came his way without Him? Was it too late for God to forgive, for Him to intervene? It would take a miracle for Branden to get to them in time, one that would require God move heaven and earth.
Joyce Williams transports us to a medieval location, one of Lords and Ladies, castles and catapults. Yet there is no new thing under the sun. In this day and time our children, our lands and families come under attack. What a joy to read and see these three individuals as they struggle to submit their will to God’s.
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