Barbara Wood
The Far River
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Workmen repairing earthquake damage to the outer wall of the Schaller winery in Largo Valley, California, expose a gaping hole in the solid ...Read Review
Land of the Afternoon Sun
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During Prohibition, an ambitious lord arrives from England with his bride, and they establish themselves in the largest home in the rural California ...Read Review
Rainbows on the Moon
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The enticing setting for Barbara Wood’s latest entertaining epic, the tropical splendor of old Hawaii, is a strong selling point. Her heroines’ ...Read Review
The Serpent and the Staff
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It is 1450 B.C.E. in Ugarit, Syria, and past time for Leah to be betrothed. Born into a family with royal blood, ...Read Review
The Divining
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Barbara Wood’s newest historical, about a woman’s spiritual journey through the 1st-century Roman world, is a mixed effort. The segmented approach ...Read Review
Daughter of the Sun
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In pre-Columbian New Mexico, Hoshi’tiwa, a 17-year-old young woman, is a gifted potter of rain jars. The daughter of a corn-grower, she ...Read Review
The Blessing Stone
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The web site for this novel (www.theblessingstone.com) contains a note from its editor, perplexed that Wood, a bestselling author in Europe, ...Read Review
Sacred Ground
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Dr. Erica Tyler, an anthropologist in modern-day Los Angeles, comes across an intriguing situation. An earthquake has revealed a hidden cave containing the ...Read Review
