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Title: Heavyhanded "morality" play disguised as historical fiction
Review: As someone with a degree in history and a longtime love of historical fiction, I can assure you "Jacob's Blood" is NOT a historical novel. It is a heavyhanded morality play that attempts to camouflage its self-serving message beneath a veneer of "historical fact." The author obviously did not attempt to research the historical time period in which he set his "story" but instead relied on stereotypes gleaned from Civil War-based television miniseries. A terrible disappointment for this reader, who was expecting a realistic period drama and instead got hit between the eyes with a sermon.
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