'...A thought-provoking book, driven by powerful characterisation and profound reflection on the process of colonisation.'
"...Award-winning novelist Dudman has written another powerful contender for honours with this atmospheric, lyrical page-turner..."
Steve Dube, Western Mail, June 5th 2010
"...an engrossing book. It sticks to the facts and doesn’t exaggerate them for effect..."
Jim Murdoch, The Truth About Lies, June 21st 2010
"...intensely moving...The protagonist Silas James is a character you instantly connect with, and the in-depth descriptions make you feel as though you are sitting in the Patagonian desert..."
'KH', Buzz Magazine July 2010"...A Place of Meadows and Tall Trees is a lovely novel, which I highly recommend for a rich and rewarding reading experience."
Anne Sydenham, Cat Politics July 2nd 2010
"...Her extensive research into the region and the period in which the story takes place gives the novel an air of urgency and realism that makes it a gripping read..."
Carola Huttman in BookMunch July 7th 2010
"...This narrative about the Welsh colonists of Patagonia would be a ripping yarn, as they say, in the hands of any competent writer. It has danger, dashed dreams, fears, jealousies, romance -- everything you could want in a novel. But in the hands of a writer of the calibre of Dudman, this has become much much more..."
'...A thought-provoking book, driven by powerful characterisation and profound reflection on the process of colonisation.'
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