A review by caterinaanna
The Solitude of Thomas Cave by Georgina Harding

4.0

The main part of the book - the description of the winter the eponymous hero spends alone in the Arctic for the sake of a bet - is fascinating and powerful. The bits tacked on - his history and his later peregrinations around East Anglia where he has developed a reputation as a healer - are less good. They do explain why he took on the challenge, and the lasting effects of that winter, but his solitary heart is mysterious to the end.