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The Magnificent Savages (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)

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I liked 'The Magnificent Savages' written by Fred Mustard Stewart. It was well written and entertaining. It takes you aboard clipper ships to Victorian England, Italy and China in the nineteenth century. There is adventure, romance, greed, drama, brother against brother, drug trade, Chinese warlords and even swash-buckling pirates, in this exciting book. I recommend the reading of this action-packed novel.

could not finish book. I was captured by all the great factual information about sailing and the Chinese culture of the mid 1800's but as I was reading it I felt as if Mr Stewart was trying to make a story around this research. As the story unfolded, I found myself saying to myself, " yeah, I saw that coming" it has all the elements of a great tale, too bad it did not catch it.

I liked 'The Magnificent Savages' written by Fred Mustard Stewart. It was well written and entertaining. It takes you aboard clipper ships to Victorian England, Italy and China in the nineteenth century. There is adventure, romance, greed, drama, brother against brother, drug trade, Chinese warlords and even swash-buckling pirates, in this exciting book. I recommend the reading of this action-packed novel.

I liked 'THE MAGNIFICENT SAVAGES' written by Fred Mustard Stewart. It was well written and entertaining. It takes you aboard clipper ships to Victorian England, Italy and China in the nineteenth century. There is adventure, romance, greed, drama, brother against brother, drug trade, Chinese warlords, and even swash-buckling pirates, in this exciting book. I recommend the reading of this action-packed novel.

The characters are very engrossing. Justin Savage is a character that is easy to relate to. He does not let his emotions rule his life. The author manages to place him very convincingly in many different societies without letting the story suffer. From the intricacies of the Chinese court to New York society in the 1850s, the story continues easily and without jumps. The women in Justin's life all seem to bring out different aspects of Justin's character and help define the sections of his life. The relationship with his half brother gives a continuity to the story that opposes Justin's relationship with the women in his life. A very good summertime read!

The characters are very engrossing. Justin Savage is a character that is easy to relate to. He does not let his emotions rule his life. The author manages to place him very convincingly in many different societies without letting the story suffer. From the intricacies of the Chinese court to New York society in the 1850s, the story continues easily and without jumps. The women in Justin's life all seem to bring out different aspects of Justin's character and help define the sections of his life. The relationship with his half brother gives a continuity to the story that opposes Justin's relationship with the women in his life. A very good summertime read!

Brilliance is the only word that can possibly go to describe such a powerful, well-writing, awe inspiring novel. I read this over two incredibly boring weeks that drove me to tears at times, but this book kept me going. It's about a boy who becomes a man amidst an adventure that will betray him in every social way imaginable. His love is forced to leave him, his brother wants to kill him, he is taken by pirates at twelve, he makes promises that he can NEVER keep. Stewart, you're unbelievable and you know your work. This book historically works. The boy's brother that hates him has an opium trade going on over the novel that makes him rich and he still takes every dollar of inheritance that was suppose to go to his bastard brother, simply because their rich father loved him more. Then he ordered his death. God! What an awful fool. He eventually gets him back though, for those of you who are reading this, that I promise. Excellent book, five stars and props to Mr. Steward.

Mat Perrin, esq.