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High Towers

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Many historical novels of today seem to fall into a seemy romance, or an action packed documentary. The High Towers was written well before this trend. It uses a real sounding story to bring to the reader a plausable and enjoyable adventure.

Costain is known for his Bible related novels and that purity of language and plot content translates to this novel.

If you want to learn more about early Montreal and New Orleans in a clean historical novel, then this is what you are looking for.

I've been enjoying myself as I work through the entire Thomas B. Costain set. I've read Below the Salt, The Moneyman, The Black Rose, For My Great Folley, and The Last Love. By and large I've enjoyed each book (well not The Last Love so much). I enjoy the way Mr. Costain takes characters from history and puts together a story that brings the past to life. Typically I enjoy the pace of the stories and find the characters beleivable.

With High Towers however I found that I just could not force myself to care about the characters at all. I thought the story moved along at a snail's pace. Also frustrating was two of the characters I liked the most went away ... one left the story line just after her introduction and the other was killed off.

Well, like I said in the title of this review not every book can be a winner. This one is the worst I've read of Mr. Costain's works. It was bad enough that I was forcing - literally FORCING myself to sit and read the book and finally just gave up around page 150. I can't even remember the last time I put down a book without finishing it ... yes for me this book was that bad.

I love Thomas Costain's historical novels. They are brimming with excitement and enjoyment. From French Canadian settlers to the bayous of New Orleans, you will enjoy every page and read it again in a few years!

Despite my love and bias for this writer, I believe everyone would agree that Thomas Costain always seems to provide an amusing and romantic adventure. High Towers kept me captivated from alpha to omaga. This is truly a book I would recommend to any avid reader!

Gentle young Felicite married a brutal man to save her family from ruin and was taken to decadent New Orleans by her monstrous husband. There she found the man she loved -- yet to call on him would bring his death by her husband's hand!