The Fever Tree (Hardcover) by Jennifer McVeigh

from knittingmomof3

The Fever Tree by Jennifer McVeigh takes the reader on an epic journey from Victorian England to South Africa as young Frances Irvine is forced to leave her home and travel to colonial South Africa to marry. I truly wanted to adore The Fever Tree, but I simply could not feel much toward Frances a...

from amandacb

The Fever Tree attempts to explore a woman's unhappy choices in life; however, we are led throughout the book to believe that the woman doesn't have any choices, that she is an unlucky victim of life's circumstances. My total dislike for the main character made it difficult to enjoy this book; sh...

from JBD1

A most enjoyable debut historical novel, set in upper-middle-class London and colonial South Africa in 1880. Frances Irvine, left without any good options by the death of her bankrupt father, agrees to marry a man she has no feelings for and sets off for South Africa. Aboard the ship, however, an...

from plm1250

South Africa, 1880. Frances Irvine, destitute in the wake of her father's sudden death, is forced to abandon her life of wealth and privilege in London and emigrate to the Cape. In this remote and inhospitable land she becomes entangled with two very different men, leading her into the dark heart...

from sunqueen

This was fantastic read, and I wasn't able to put it down once I started. Historical novel set in South Africa, about a displaced young English woman, who is forced into marriage.