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Chargement... The Cuppar Melissa Addey
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You can download The Cup for free from my website, MelissaAddey.com. 11th century North Africa. Hela has powers too strong for a child - both to feel the pain of those around her and to heal them. But when she is given a mysterious cup by a slave woman, its powers overtake her life, forcing her into a vow she cannot hope to keep. Trapped by her vow, Hela loses one chance after another to love and be loved. Meanwhile, in her household a child is growing into a woman who will become famous throughout the Muslim world.If you loved The Physician by Noah Gordon and enjoy books by Jane Johnson, Anita Diamant and Libbie Hawker, then the Moorish Empire series is for you. Based on the rise of the Almoravid dynasty, which conquered the whole of North Africa and most of Spain (defeating El Cid), the series explores why a Muslim warlord would give his empire to the son of a Christian slave girl. This is historical fiction at its most dramatic, emotional and intriguing. The main beauty of this novella is Ms Addey's exquisite writing skill.Discovering Diamonds Melissa Addey's writing is sublime. Reads Writes ReviewsFive star reviews from Amazon readersI absolutely enjoyed reading this beautifully written book.This story really captured me.This was my first time reading Melissa Addey and I can truly say that it will not be the last.It sucked you in on the very first page. I thought it was very entertaining and different from anything I've ever read.Powerful, heartbreaking.Want to watch a book trailer for this title? Just scroll down on the US site, visit my Amazon author page on the UK site or come to my own website which has all my book trailers. Happy viewing About author Melissa AddeyYou can read about me and my books (and get a free novella) on my website, MelissaAddey.com. I mainly write historical fiction, focusing on the Forbidden City in China's 18th century (now complete) and Morocco in the 11th century (completing soon). Next up, Ancient Rome I'm in the final year of my Creative Writing PhD and was the 2016 Leverhulme Trust Writer in Residence at the British Library. In 2019 I won the Page to Podcast competition as well as the Novel London award. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The novella follows the life of Hela, an herbalist (who also happens to be an empath) who is given a magical red cup by a doomed old slave woman. This cup has the ability to make whatever herbal concoction that is put in it work like... well, like magic, to heal or to harm whoever drinks from it. Is this cup a blessing... or a curse?
I did not like the magic in the book. I did not like the raunchy scenes. And I did not like the cliff-hanger ending. But I did like the glimpse into history that rarely is shared in books, the use of real places and people, the detail and texture with which the author writes, and the true uses of different herbal remedies that the author scattered throughout. You could tell that the author has talent. This book was well-written, but it simply wasn't for me. Two stars. (