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Rosetta by Barbara Ewing. As a child, Rosetta is fascinated by words and loves being told stories. She thinks she is named after the Princess Rosetta of the fairytales, who married the King of the Peacocks and lived happily ever after. But when she finds that it is a mysterious small port town in Egypt that gave her her name, her interest in hieroglyphics is born.
Years later, when Rose is an older As a child, Rosetta is fascinated by words and loves being told stories. Years later, when Rose is an older, wiser and sadder woman, it is her love of language that saves her life. The French Revolution; the rise of the power of the English church; the battles for Egypt between the British and the French; the discovery of the hieroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone in that same small port town - and above all the machinations of a rich, amoral, social-climbing member of the new' aristocracy and the extraordinary characters that surround him - all whirlpool together to carry Rose into France and a shared moment with Napoleon Bonaparte, and into the dark, unknown world of North Africa in her search to understand the meaning of words, and to find a child of her own.
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To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Rosetta , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Mar 20, Sandra rated it liked it Shelves: Its been a while since I've read this book, so I cannot give you too many details anymore, but I do remember I rather liked it.
It is a very big book in case you haven't seen the number of pages yet , but that is necessary since there is a lot of historic explanation that you cannot do without if you want to understand the period. I do remember I picked it up because I didn't know anything about the Rosetta stone, so if you don't know what it is then you will find this very informative as well. Jun 23, Kathryn Wilson rated it really liked it Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Just finished this last night.
This was a fairly compelling read for me - I loved the setting, and the character development. However, the main character, Rose, was easy Just finished this last night. However, the main character, Rose, was easy to identify with and the story moved along well. I didn't get the perfect happy ending that I came to want for her character, but the stories for the characters were all wrapped up well.
It was an easy story to visualise and had some really great dimensions to it. May 20, Tiana Nairn rated it really liked it. This was a fascinating book set in the Regency period that is focussed on the chafing of women against the many constraints on their physical and intellectual independence across English and Arabic culture and the compromises necessarily made to achieve family security and certain types of freedoms against the backdrop of a society fascinated with Egyptian artefacts, especially the Rosetta stone.
The characters were very well-developed and the story engaging and satisfying. As someone who grea This was a fascinating book set in the Regency period that is focussed on the chafing of women against the many constraints on their physical and intellectual independence across English and Arabic culture and the compromises necessarily made to achieve family security and certain types of freedoms against the backdrop of a society fascinated with Egyptian artefacts, especially the Rosetta stone. As someone who greatly enjoys lighter Regency novels, I wasn't too enamoured of the emphasis on the smells of unwashed people, the occurrence of rotting teeth and the lack of a suitably happy ending though!
Jun 16, Alison Sloan rated it really liked it. I love Barbara Ewing's books. She is really a gifted writer.
I'm not sure why she doesn't receive more attention. Rosetta was not her finest novel but as per her other books the subject matter holds my attention. Barbara Ewing's strength is in her ability to describe and create a vision as you read. My only complaint, and this runs true for all of her books I have read, is that she leaves the book open for a sequel. This leaves me feeling like the book abruptly ends and the characters I love are I love Barbara Ewing's books.
This leaves me feeling like the book abruptly ends and the characters I love are suspended mid stream. It would be ok if she followed on with a sequel immediately but that's not the case. None the less I would highly recommend any of her novels. Sep 06, Kathy rated it really liked it. Historic novel with a strong woman who want to take charge of her life in dangerous circumstances. Took a little while to get into it but the travel, the issues in that time - Egypt, England - transported me to a different time.
Jul 17, Lisa Lemus rated it it was amazing Shelves: There's something I love so much about the Barbara Ewing books I've read so far. Historical fiction, but REAL. They almost remind me of a grown up version of The Luxe. Apr 18, Rohase Piercy rated it really liked it. Yet another feisty woman fighting male prejudice and the restrictions placed upon the female gender by the customs of her day - I do love Barbara Ewings's heroines, but there comes a stage where they all seem to blend into one another I was reading this straight after 'The Trespass'.
I prefer 'Rosetta' and have given it four stars because the link between the heroine and the newly discovered, but as yet undeciphered, Rosetta Stone is fascinating, and her adventures both in London and in Egypt Yet another feisty woman fighting male prejudice and the restrictions placed upon the female gender by the customs of her day - I do love Barbara Ewings's heroines, but there comes a stage where they all seem to blend into one another I was reading this straight after 'The Trespass'.
I prefer 'Rosetta' and have given it four stars because the link between the heroine and the newly discovered, but as yet undeciphered, Rosetta Stone is fascinating, and her adventures both in London and in Egypt had me gripped. The descriptive style is so vivid, both places and characters spring immediately to life, and the female characters especially are beautifully drawn.
But once again, I was disappointed by the ending! I didn't quite buy the explanation as to why our feisty heroine refused to take advantage of the admittedly dangerous offer from the man she loved, and I also didn't quite get why the Duke of Hawksfield, who seemed to me both just and kind in spite of his age and status, inspired such loathing and disgust in her.
But the story did have me gripped, and at certain points I couldn't put the book down! Aug 07, Anna F. I really enjoyed this book as it was a dive into a historical period, and a delightful portrait of Rose, the main heroine. Pleasant too read, it shows how women were copying and "finding a way" to live their own lives at a time when men still "owned" them, were expecting them to fulfil their duties at home, sex and giving birth to children and were marrying them to get money or prestige or both.
Love wasn't often on the agenda. Rose, instead, is determined to live her life her way.
She travels I really enjoyed this book as it was a dive into a historical period, and a delightful portrait of Rose, the main heroine. She travels to Egypt against all odds to find the illegal daughter of her late husband. Oct 04, Jean Overbeck rated it really liked it. Very interesting story about the Rosetta stone and life at the time of the Napoleonic wars. Rose was a fabulous brave and fearless heroine.
The story was a little slow in parts but otherwise a good read. Feb 15, Avida Reada rated it it was amazing. Nov 04, Sorcha added it Shelves: Implication of awakening sexuality within marriage, including the reference to lewd publications - check. No real exploration of physical love apart from a moderately implied gay sex scene early on - check.
Attempt at Jane Austen level humour, including pompous clergymen fawning to the rich and famous - check. Jul 15, Ruth rated it did not like it Shelves: Getting a book as a gift is one of the best presents. I get stupidly upset though when I get a book that is clearly not for me.
In that I mean, because my relatives know that I am an avid reader - then it automatically means that not much thought has to go into it. I sound like an ungrateful git and I probably am but it is not as if I keep my thoughts about what authors and genres I really enjoy to myself.
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