The Generals Wife, Sara R. Turnquist
The Generals Wife, Sara R. Turnquist
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The General's Wife

Author: Sara R. Turnquist

Narrator: Becky Brabham

Unabridged: 7 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2023


Synopsis

A Greek noblewoman in a foreign land. The Pharaoh's highest general preparing for battle.Ismene, a beautiful, somewhat naïve, young noblewoman, is torn from her childhood home in Greece and her first love. Bound by honor and duty, she marries Pharoah’s chief military commander, Alistair. Though determined to remain true to the man she left behind, her new husband stirs feelings in her she cannot ignore.Attempting to accept this brazen new culture, it isn’t long before she discovers that the locals don’t like her. The Alexandrian mob starts making anonymous threats. This faceless group will stop at nothing to achieve its goal of driving out the unwelcome Greeks. In the midst of these heightening attacks, the general must leave for battle. Ismene fears that she is on her own.Evidence of a spy within her own household arises. It soon becomes apparent that one of these Egyptian rebels wants her dead. The safety of Ismene, and possibly the entire ruling class of Egypt, hangs in the balance.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mary on July 25, 2019

5 🌟 What a beautifully written real life love story! This book was so well researched that after I finished reading it I went back to the copywrite page to see if it was written immediately after Mrs Grant's death. Which it wasn't. The book begins briefly before the couple met and continues throughou......more

Goodreads review by Glenna on March 03, 2019

For a non-fiction book this one was very readable. I honestly did not no much about General Grant and nothing about Mrs. Grant, so I learned many things. It is suppose to be a book about Julia but it’s definitely about Grant too. She came from a slave owning family but wholly took to Grant’s politic......more

Goodreads review by Marie on July 26, 2019

Very interesting story....lots of everday details, some a bit superfluous, the most unexpected part was how Julia was able to follow and stay close to her hero husband during the war(s). Their love and devotion to one another was so extra-ordinary given what we know about military life today! Grant......more