Review: Historical Fiction At It's Best
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2014
Josiah Stubb: The Siege of Louisbourg is a historical fiction set during the Seven Years War. This war fought between the British and the French was over the control of the French control of Quebec and a large portion of the land that would become the U.S.Josiah Stubb was a young boy who saw the military with all it's dangers to being far better that his life in the gutter.  His mother, and I use that word loosely, was the town whore.  Not only did she commit incest but also trained her son as whore.  Escape was his only choiceMilitary life was often no much better.  Poor conditions, death, injury, poor leadership, officers that abuse their soldier both physically and sexually was his new living conditions.  Hope is one of the great motivaters for humans.  Josiah was a girl, Elizabeth, that he had saved.  She was the daughter of the British Generals.  Hope..... can sustain us in the worst of times.One leave, Josiah, once again finds himself resuming his old life.  What else does he know?  Who else is he?  While on leave..... who should re-enter is life.... Elizabeth.  She loves him as he loves her.  Not only does she love him but she knows about his life.  Sometimes though love is not enough.Josiah goes back into battle.  After the British win the Seven Years War, he continues his military career.  He simply can't go back to what he was. He desire of life of respect.  Love.  Love continues inspite of hardships and separation.  One can only hope that Elizabeth and Josiah's paths may once again cross paths in some future book.  The story is not finishedJosiah Stubb: The Siege of Louisbourg is an excellent historical novel.  The reader is able to see that C.W. Lovett has done a great deal of intense reserch on this subject.  That type of research is terriby important to the validity of the story.Anyone who enjoys historical fiction is going to love Josiah Stubb: The Siege of Louisbourge by C.W. Lovett.