Title: Great Read with Historical Errors
Product review: If romantic historical fiction is your thing, this book is for you. Ms. Seton is incapable of boring anyone. There's a lot of history here but it's important to know that there were two errors discovered. The author states that Dr. John Radcliffe attempted to help Charles Radclyffe who had been condemned to death. Dr. Radcliffe died one year before the arrest of Charles. She also states that Jenny, illegitimate daughter of Charles emigrated to Virginia to be with Rob Wilson and they had a plantation named Snowden/Snowdon. The property referred to was purchased from the Indians by Thomas Jefferson's father. No white person had ever lived there or owned it. So it must be assumed that both Jenny and Rob were "made-up" characters to assist the writer in making the book more exciting. A great deal of research went into discovering these errors but I am not disappointed. It's still a fine book and as I recall was on the best seller lists, justifiably.
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