Burning Bright

This is a new entry by the author of Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier. What this author does seems a bit daunting to me. After extensive research on a particular historical period, she creates a fictional account based on that period.

In Burning Bright, we are introduced to the streets and society of London, England during the lifetime of William Blake, circa 1790’s.

The paths of Maisie, (the child of a furniture maker)Maggie, (a streetwise “‘tough cookie) and ,Mr. Blake (an independent thinker) cross and the story begins. Chevalier takes us through the ins and outs of living in the Georgian era.

It is enjoyable to read a novel about a historical era and learn a few things along the way.

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