The Royal Handmaid: 1935 (The House of Winslow #32) [Paperback]

Gilbert Morris (Author)

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Publication Date: June 1, 2004

Book 32 in the bestselling House of Winslow series. Wealthy Rena Matthews feels called to take the gospel to the South Sea islanders. She gathers volunteers to go with her--all from the upper strata of society. When rough-looking Travis Winslow volunteers, Rena wants to refuse him, but her father insists she take him along. They set out in her father's yacht, but a storm drives them hundreds of miles off course and into a reef on a deserted island. Will they ever make it to the mission ¹eld? Or will God bring the mission ¹eld to them?

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About the Author

Gilbert Morris spent ten years as a pastor before becoming Professor of English at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas and earning a Ph.D. at the University of Arkansas. During the summers of 1984 and 1985, he did postgraduate work at the University of London. A prolific writer, he has had over 25 scholarly articles and 200 poems published in various periodicals, and over the past years has had more than 180 novels published, including THE HOUSE OF WINLSOW series, LIONS OF JUDAH series and CHENEY DUVALL, M.D. His family includes three grown children, and he and his wife live in Alabama.

Product Details

• Paperback: 317 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (June 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764228560
• ISBN-13: 978-0764228568
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #384,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Gilbert Morris is among today's most popular Christian writers; his books having sold nearly six million copies worldwide. He specializes in historical fiction and won a 2001 Christy Award for the Civil War drama Edge of Honor. Once a pastor and English professor who earned a Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas, Morris lives with his wife in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Decent HOW book but there are better, March 1, 2006

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This review is from: The Royal Handmaid: 1935 (The House of Winslow #32) (Paperback)

The House of Winslow as a whole is absolutely riveting. This particular book is decent but not one of the best in the series.

Rena Matthews is a stuck up control freak for a good portion of the book, but then she comes around, eventually. Nothing like a good dose of "lost on a tropical island" to get one's head out of the clouds. The heavy characterization really shines through her.

Travis Winslow's a decent chap, but a bit of the goody two shoes. He starts good and ends good, so there's not much development with his character.

Plot: Shipwreck, survival, in fighting among the Christian missionaries, etc