Review: Wasn't expecting that!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2014
This is a remarkable book, and really opened my eyes. Born in blood, in the brutality of the civilising of America, the Mormon 'church' appears to have been a cross between the Sopranos and Sons of Anarchy. Cults, and 'new religions' such as this could only have flourished as a result of the fear and repression of the late 19th Century, and based on this engrossing story, it is only to be hoped that the modern mormon organisation has cast off the horrors of polygamy, which is really just the same as slavery. A fascinating insight into recent history, and a triumph of the human spirit and the strength it must have taken to break away and challenge the oppression of the order back then. A great read, even for the neutrals!