Beautiful Revolutionary
English
By (author): Laura Elizabeth Woollett
The thrilling new novel, inspired by the events at Jonestown in the 1970s.
Its the summer of 1968, and Evelyn Lynden is a woman at war with herself. Ministers daughter. Atheist. Independent woman. Frustrated wife. Bitch with a bleeding heart.
Following her conscientious-objector husband Lenny to the rural Eden of Evergreen Valley, California, Evelyn wants to be happy with their new life. Yet she finds herself disillusioned with Lennys passive ways and anxious for a saviour. Enter the Reverend Jim Jones, the dynamic leader of a new revolutionary church
Meticulously researched and masterfully written, Beautiful Revolutionary explores the allure of the real-life charismatic leader who would destroy so many. It follows Evelyn as she is pulled into Joness orbit an orbit it would prove impossible for her to leave.
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