The Elopement brings us back to the society, period and characters of the previous book by Tracy Rees The Rose Garden.It is set in England, in 1897. The rich heiress Rowena Blythe falls in love with someone regarded unsuitable and decides to elope. Her life changes forever from that point. She gets back on her... Continue Reading →
After Daughters of War, I was eager to discover its sequel, the Hidden Palace, and this new historical fiction by Dinah Jefferies is a great read.Florence has left France through the Pyrenees with the help of Jack and is now in the UK. She is reunited with her mother Claudette after all these years and... Continue Reading →
After her novel "While Paris Slept", Ruth Druart comes back with another amazing story. We are in Paris in 1944-1945. A chance encounter brings together Élise, a French employee in a bank, and Sebastian, a German translator in the army occupying Paris. Although everything seems to separate them, they ally to challenge the system they... Continue Reading →
Another great story by Kate Quinn. The story takes us to Bletchley Park during the Second World War. Three young women become involved in the code breaking activities that were going on there. They have very different backgrounds and personalities, but their lives become entangled for ever. Through their experience, we find ourselves drawn into... Continue Reading →
What an amazing story, what a lady, what a novel! Kate Quinn brings to life a heroin of the Second World War, Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Lyudmila, from Kiev in (then) Russia, was a mother very young and wanted to get a good life for her and her son, studying history. She attended a shooting school and... Continue Reading →
The Rebel Daughter takes us back to the Civil War times. It starts in 1636 in the home of Oliver Cromwell, just as an inheritance from his uncle brings him back into good fortunes and status. His life and actions are the background against which the books tells the main story, that of Bridget, his... Continue Reading →
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