“Timely and absorbing…filled with adventure, vivid characters, and richly detailed descriptions of life in the Caribbean.” “Gorgeous place descriptions, a keen eye for history and a predilection for high drama…There are few more charming storytellers in the world than Isabel Allende.” “Enthralling, blood-chilling, and heart-breaking… Island Beneath the Sea is a historical novel which works brilliantly in conveying the cyclone that was the eighteenth century.” “Exuberant passions, strong heroines and intricate plots…a world as enchanted-and enchanting-as it is brutal and unjust…A page-turning drama.”
“ entertaining sweep…The canvas contains no less than the revolutionary history of the world’s first black republic…Allende revels in period details…Her cast is equally vibrant…” Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes Isabel Allende’s latest novel is sweeping, provocative and impossible to put down.” It starts with slavery, forbidden relationships and rebellion in Haiti, and expands to include struggles over secret children, racial castes and family heirs in Louisiana. “ Island Beneath the Sea is a seductive, intoxicating saga.
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