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Lady of Hay

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Bought this book from amazon.com Kindle Store on 4th July 2011. I thought it expensive at 10.79 as it has been in print for 25 years. What a mistake. There are so many typos that it is difficult to read. I gave up at 75 percent as it was too distracting. This book was not edited at all! It should be recalled until the errors are corrected as it is a scam at this price. I subsequently downloaded The Witch of Prague for free and it is beautifully done. Come on Amazon you can do better!

Barbara Erskine has a PhD in Scottish history. You can look up all the historical details that she weaves into her stories and find them as being true. if you don't like the genre of books - a bit of fantasy is mixed with proven historical facts - then this book is not for you. If you like to learn about history by ways of a fantasy novel - you can't find anything better! One of my favorite books! And by the way: I read all of Barbara Erskine's books.

Great book but way too many errors in the edit. In fact it looks like no one has even looked at it. Spoils a good book.

Bought this to re-read after reading the hard copy many years ago. I was dismayed at the poor standard of proofing and suspect that it was never properly proofed or edited. The errors were innumerable and rendered some paragraphs impossible to follow. It was extremely disappointing at the price and I thought, somewhat insulting to Barbara Erskine.