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    Cate of the Lost Colony
    Cate of the Lost Colony
    Cate of the Lost Colony
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    Cate of the Lost Colony

    By Lisa Klein

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    Lady Catherine is one of Queen Elizabeth's favorite court maidens-until her forbidden romance with Sir Walter Ralegh is discovered. In a bitter twist of irony, the jealous queen banishes Cate to Ralegh's colony of Roanoke, in the New World. Ralegh pledges to come for Cate, but as the months stretch out, Cate begins to doubt his promise and his love. Instead it is Manteo, a Croatoan Indian, whom the colonists-and Cate-increasingly turn to. Yet just as Cate's longings for England and Ralegh fade and she discovers a new love in Manteo, Ralegh will finally set sail for the New World.

    Seamlessly weaving together fact with fiction, Lisa Klein's newest historical drama is an engrossing tale of adventure and forbidden love-kindled by one of the most famous mysteries in American history: the fate of the settlers at Roanoke, who disappeared without a trace forty years before the Pilgrims would set foot in Plymouth.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateOct 12, 2010
    ISBN9781599906515
    Cate of the Lost Colony
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    Lisa Klein

    LISA KLEIN is the author of Lady Macbeth's Daughter, Two Girls of Gettysburg, and Ophelia. A former professor of English, she lives in Ohio with her family. www.authorlisaklein.com

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    • 3/5
      Cate was one of Queen Elizabeth’s favorite court maidens until she fell for Sir Walter Ralegh and is sent away. She is strong and brave and forced to start a challenging and terrifying life in a new place where she doesn’t know if she, or anyone else, will survive.Cate of the Lost Colony is an incredible and well written story with love and adventure. I was pulled right in from the start.If you like historical fiction, there is a good chance you will enjoy this book. I will definitely be reading more by this author in the future.
    • 3/5
      Cate was one of Queen Elizabeth’s favorite court maidens until she fell for Sir Walter Ralegh and is sent away. She is strong and brave and forced to start a challenging and terrifying life in a new place where she doesn’t know if she, or anyone else, will survive.Cate of the Lost Colony is an incredible and well written story with love and adventure. I was pulled right in from the start.If you like historical fiction, there is a good chance you will enjoy this book. I will definitely be reading more by this author in the future.
    • 5/5
      This book was absolutely wonderful and one of the best I've read so far this year! Cate is such a wonderfully relatable and fiercely abiding heroine that no matter what she did, I loved her always. I loved the romance, adventure, mystery and history attached to this book. It was very well-written and Lisa Klein's explanation for what happened to the lost colony of Roanoke is very plausible and interesting. I especially enjoyed Cate's acceptance of Manteo before she had even met him. To her he was just a human being like herself. This book will stay with me for a long time and bravo to Lisa Klein - you have finally ensnared me with this one! I tried a couple others and quit, but this one GOT ME!!!
    • 4/5
      Orphaned after her father dies in war, Lady Catherine Archer is left in the care of her aunt and uncle--who don't exactly want her. Almost immediately called away as a maid for Queen Elizabeth I, though and that's where Cate of the Lost Colony really begins.One of the girls responsible for the daily care of the queen--from fetching her clothing to washing and starching her ruffs (those huge white collars they used to wear) to accompanying the queen on her excursions--Catherine, only fourteen, has to learn the ins and outs of palace life and protocol.No matter the rules, however, she finds it hard to keep all of her thoughts to herself especially where a certain paramour of the Queen's, Sir Walter Ralegh is concerned. Even knowing it will undoubtedly lead to trouble, Catherine can't seem to complete ignore Sir Walter, even under the ever watchful eye of the Queen and her other, not always friendly, maids.Things do eventually lead to the Lost Colony of Roanoke (but that's much later on and I'm all for the anti-spoiler synopses, keep reading for more about this).The summaries provided on different book-ish/buying websites and on the back of the book itself, (even the title actually) give more of the plot away, but much of that doesn't happen until Part II and Part III. Part I is a lot about building who Catherine is and her relationships with different characters while working as one of the Queen's maids.I really enjoyed that so much time was spent developing all of the characters and their relationships before Roanoke was even introduced, it really helped me care more about them once they were in Virginia. It was a historical book but one as much if not more about a character than the events.There's an index in the front of the book to let you know which characters are real/historical and which are fictional (Cate is fictional) and the author's note in the back does a great job summing up the history--what's real, what's not so much, and where you can go to get more.Cate of the Lost Colony blends just enough romance, history, and adventure to be a really good read. I'm looking forward to reading some of Lisa Klein's other books now.
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed Cate of the Lost Colony by Lisa Klein. I have always been intrigued by the Roanoke Island Colony and its possible demise. Ms. Klein spins a plausible tale which gives us one possible answer as to where the colony went. Definitely worth a read for anyone interested in Early American History.
    • 3/5
      I have always been fascinated by the question of what happened to the Roanoke colony since the first time we read about it in History class so this book immediately caught my eye. While not horrible it did not live up to my expectations. The story alternates from being told from Cate’s point of view, a Native American named Manteo’s point of view and various correspondence from Sir Walter Raleigh. I enjoyed reading Cate’s and Manteo’s POVs but I just could not get into the format of hearing Walter Raleigh’s POV based on letters to his brother and other pieces of writing. It just did not have the nice flow of events and seemed too disjointed.The charactersCate was an interesting mixture of proud, naive and stubbornness. She makes some phenomenally stupid mistakes but you have to keep in mind that she was not raised at court and apparently even after four years living at court still committed some monumental faux pas. Even when she reaches America her naive stubbornness that the natives would not harm her gets her into more trouble but you do have to admire her spunk.Sir Walter Raleigh was harder to get into because as I mentioned I did not care for getting his POV through letters. He definitely does not come off as the hero type and you have to wonder what Cate really sees in him.I wish we had gotten more of Manteo’s POV. He had the potential to be the most interesting character as he traveled from America to visit England and then returns home to be the guide and ambassador for the colonists. We get to see some of his thoughts about the differences in the two cultures and how his view changes from awe and seeing the white folks as almost gods to seeing them more as petty children who can’t get along or know even the most basic survival skills.The storyI found the portion that takes place in England to be just too long and I was wondering when would we actually see anything take place in Roanoke. Once the colonists arrive in Roanoke the story picked up and definitely caught my attention. I enjoyed seeing how the colonists go from the conquering adventurers out to make a fortune to having to face the reality of building a new world in an unfriendly environment. I can only imagine how difficult it must be especially when you figured many of the initial colonists left England because of their own problems and not because they thought they could work well together.The romanceI was glad that although Cate falls for Walter Raleigh and this leads to her downfall the book wasn’t a pure romance story and focused more on the evolving character of Cate. I did find it hard to see why she would fall in love with Walter Raleigh based on what we see of his actions but I suppose it can be chalked up to her being so naive. Who she ends up with in the end is not a surprise but I would have liked to see more build up instead of the sudden declaration that she loves this man.Overall if you enjoy hearing different theories of what happened to the Roanoke colonists this is an enjoyable read
    • 4/5
      Catherine Archer is an orphan who is thrilled to have the opportunity to serve as one of Queen Elizabeth’s ladies. Initially in the Queen’s good graces, Lady Catherine finds herself shunned because she acts upon a forbidden attraction. Cate is fascinated by the “new world” and longs for a life of travel and adventure. Exile to Virginia doesn’t seem like much of a punishment. Faced with difficult challenges in her new home on Roanoke Island, Cate must either give up or persevere.Author, Lisa Klein, takes an American mystery and adds her own spin. Historical facts embellished with fiction leads to one amazing novel. History buffs will eat this one up. The author creates a plausible answer to what happened to the colonists that disappeared from Roanoke Island. Catherine’s relationships with Sir Walter Ralegh and Croatoan Indian, Manteo, adds a nice romantice element to the book. The author managed to create quite a story, with a fascinating cast of characters. I look forward to reading more of Lisa Klein’s novels in the near future.
    • 5/5
      Loved this book! I think it may be my favorite historical fiction read so far this year. Full review closer to release date but definitley add this one to your wish list if you enjoy historical fiction.

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