![]() This is the first time I can recall reading about it in fiction and it was marvelous to have it come to life, if only for a few pages before the horror happened. ![]() ![]() First off, the initial setting of New Zealand in the late nineteenth century in fiction was fairly new to me, but New Zealand is one of the places I've had to write about at work, so I've done some research. This was such an intriguing historical novel. Oades incites public scandal and personal difficulty that will impact the lives of all concerned in remarkable ways. When Margaret shows up on her doorstep, new wife Nancy Oades has no idea what to do - but the case of the two wives of Mr. ![]() In the meantime, Henry Oades, Margaret's husband, is convinced that his family has perished, and moves to California, where he marries once again. And anyway, they will return in two years, or at least that's the plan her house is attacked by Maori, native New Zealanders, and she and her children are spirited into the night and enslaved for six years. Margaret Oades isn't exactly thrilled that she has to move her entire family from England to New Zealand in the late nineteenth century, but she loves her husband and, as a woman with children, has few other options. ![]()
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