From the Isles of Scotland to the environs of North Carolina, Alex MacKinnon's story, filled with struggles that were to become the birth pains of a new Christian, will hold the hearts of readers. A prisoner of war, Alex was given the king's mercy and was transported to the colony of North Carolina rather than to the hangman's noose. Much would occur before Alex would see the blessing of that, and before he would accept the King's mercy.
Joanna
Carey, stepdaughter of Captain Edmund Carey the owner of the Severn
Plantation, had taken on the role of the plantation's mistress at the
age of twelve upon the death of her mother. Perhaps having assumed
the role before having been groomed to do so accounted for Joanna's
unusual relationship with the plantation's servants as well as her
vision for a different life for all of the plantation's residents, a
plan that she wished might include Alex MacKinnon. Her father's pride
in Severn and his reliance on his overseer, Phineas Reeves, appeared
to obscure that vision.
Benton
skillfully addresses the essentials of a life of following Christ as
well as the obstacles to that life. While set in the mid 1700s, the
lessons of this story are quite relevant to today. I am grateful to
have received a copy of The King's Mercy
from Waterbrook via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion,
which is that I would highly recommend this book to historical
fiction fans as well as to those who have a budding desire to follow
in Christ's footsteps. I was under no obligation to provide a
positive review and received no monetary compensation.
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