{"id":12511,"date":"2022-02-24T11:23:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T17:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=12511"},"modified":"2022-09-09T12:25:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T18:25:29","slug":"legends-on-the-rise-series-by-leigh-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=12511","title":{"rendered":"Legends on the Rise Series by Leigh Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Filled with historical events, myths, and legends that haunt two families\u2019 redemption, Rose\u2019s Legends on the Rise series is a poignant, revealing period fiction about race and slavery in the colonial slave trade era. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first book begins with a warm spring day in 1980, Paris, France. Newly engaged Juliette Reiss-Marston leaves her fianc\u00e9, William Fournier, behind and leaves for St. Augustine, Florida, in the USA to meet a distant cousin, Claude Freedman, Esq., who claims that Juliette\u2019s dowry, the decoratively carved ebony chest of rare gemstones that she received from her parents, is from a nefarious ancestor, Capt. Fran\u00e7oise Jules Reiss III. Determined to unravel the truth about her family history, Juliette knows she must acquire the memoir, written by the Capt. Trying to confirm the authenticity of the memoir, the cousins, Juliette and Claude, set out for historic Toulon, France in the second installment. When they meet Director Colonial Greton of the Toulon Maritime Museum, damning information about Juliette\u2019s lost heirlooms comes to surface, presenting the pair with even more questions. Set in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, the third installment takes readers into a tumultuous world where trading slaves is second nature on the European, African and North Atlantic Continent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose expertly conveys the life-changing and life-affirming moments and decisions that shaped Juliette\u2019s and Claude\u2019s family throughout the history. Through the authentic voices of her characters, Rose re-creates the colonial era, a tumultuous world where trading slaves is second nature for the privileged population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pacing is swift, the action scenes are cinematically developed, and Rose\u2019s moving, assured prose keeps the pages turning. All the three volumes sparkle with intelligent dialogue and Juliette\u2019s and Claude\u2019s clever banter, all while advancing a story in which the cousins sojourn to historic Toulon to look into the authenticity of Capt. Fran\u00e7oise\u2019s memoir. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juliette\u2019s fierce determination and will make her an appealing heroine. Throughout the series, Juliette\u2019s character shows genuine character development. Her conversations with Claude are endearingly witty and heartfelt. The supporting characters, particularly Capt. Fran\u00e7oise Reiss III and Prince Boukar Semou Jolof, a.k.a. Luis Freedman have vivid page presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on real events of the history, Rose has accomplished something special with this series, crafting a surprisingly rich story, handling big themes of family, friendship, dreams, integrity, determination, perseverance, history, regret, and redemption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A well-written outing that will be gobbled up by historical fiction fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legends on the Rise Series<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Leigh Rose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mistaken Legacy: Legends on the Rise #1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $20 (USD) Paperback<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heiress and Epithet: Legends on the Rise #2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $20 (USD) Paperback<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children of the Alliance: Legends on the Rise #3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $25 (USD) Paperback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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