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Lady of Perdition

di Barbara Hambly

Serie: Benjamin January (17)

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"April, 1840. Benjamin January knows no black person in their right mind would willingly go to the Republic of Texas but when his former pupil Selina Bellinger is kidnapped and enslaved, he has no choice. Once there he is saved from being hanged by Valentina Taggart, wife of the wealthy landowner of Rancho Perdition. After Valentina is accused of the murder of her husband, she in turn calls on Benjamin for help. To do so, he must abandon the safe haven of New Orleans, where people know he's a free man, to return to the self-proclaimed "Slaveholders' Republic". In a land still disputed between vengeful Comanche, disgruntled Mexican Tejanos, Americans who want to join the United States and those who want to keep Texas free, January must uncover what happened to Valentina's husband. Behind lies, betrayals and rising political tensions lies the answer ... but finding it could cost Ben his life."--… (altro)
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Unlike some of the more recent Benjamin January books, this has only one storyline. That's a relief. There's a lot of suspense as Benjamin and Hannibal, along with Lieutenant Abishag Shaw, enter the "slaveholders' republic" of Texas in search of a free girl who has been kidnapped from New Orleans and sold into slavery. The whole experience reminds me of a meme I saw this week: "The single star on the Texas flag is actually a review". I don't think any of the three men on the rescue expedition would have rated it any higher. As usual, amazing depth of historical research by Barbara Hambly and, as usual since Severn House started to publish this series, it lacks sorely needed maps.

Hambly has done a remarkable job with this series. Seventeen books in, the quality has not suffered and I'm still looking forward to reading the next installment. ( )
  muumi | Apr 9, 2022 |
Lady of Perdition does a very good job of being exactly what it is: one volume in a mystery series that simultaneously offers a puzzle that needs solving and a glimpse of life in a particular historical moment. The puzzle(s) (actually, there are two of them) aren’t particularly compelling, but the context the author sets them in makes for engrossing reading. The dcentral character, Benjamin January, is a free black man living in New Orleans in 1840, but he finds himself in the Republic of Texas, also known as the “Slaveholders’ Republic.” January continually walks a fine line—he can’t appear too intelligent, to independent, too anything. And he knows that he could easily be abducted and sold into slavery—free papers are easy enough to burn if a potential slave merchant has the financial motivation. We see a place and a time full of tensions: between Catholics and Protestants, between free and enslaved Blacks, between women and the demands of the male-controlled world, between Mexicans and Texans.

This is a book that keeps one going because of the strength of its characters and the challenges they face because of their own identities, rather than by virtue of a particularly complex mystery. Read it for the picture it offers of the time, not for its central “mystery.” ( )
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"April, 1840. Benjamin January knows no black person in their right mind would willingly go to the Republic of Texas but when his former pupil Selina Bellinger is kidnapped and enslaved, he has no choice. Once there he is saved from being hanged by Valentina Taggart, wife of the wealthy landowner of Rancho Perdition. After Valentina is accused of the murder of her husband, she in turn calls on Benjamin for help. To do so, he must abandon the safe haven of New Orleans, where people know he's a free man, to return to the self-proclaimed "Slaveholders' Republic". In a land still disputed between vengeful Comanche, disgruntled Mexican Tejanos, Americans who want to join the United States and those who want to keep Texas free, January must uncover what happened to Valentina's husband. Behind lies, betrayals and rising political tensions lies the answer ... but finding it could cost Ben his life."--

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