10-29-08 Sovay by Celia Rees - Fiction

4 - Yet another case of don't judge a book by its inside cover. After reading the description, I figured Sovay was the story of a spoiled girl who became a female Robin Hood and ended up falling in love with one of the men she stole from and she ended up happily ever after. HA! So not this story. Sovay is a well written book that starts with a girl in 1794 England when the English government is very nervous about the revolution in France giving its citizens ideas about democracy and equality. Yes, Sovay does do a stint as a highwayman, but not for the reasons I originally thought. She becomes embroiled in governmental intrigue when her father and brother have warrants put against them for seditious ideas. Having been betrayed by her fiancee, Sovay, after stealing the warrant for her father, travels to London then to France in search of her father and brother becoming ever more deeply drawn into plots of revolutionaries and governmental figures. An intelligent and entertaining read.