A gorgeous insightful novel, highly recommended and a must read! This is the first in a trilogy followed by The Golden Chain and The Penny Bangle, equally as good. more World Wars never interested me at school but I wish I'd had access to Margaret's fabulous novel back at school.
I picked up some fascinating detail in this story about WW1, Margaret James should be a history teacher. I always feel engrossed in a novel when, not only am I enjoying the story but I'm learning at the same time. James makes many of his own engraving tools, and his work is characterized by its heavy gauge, bold form lines, and precision. Review 2: Oh this is a truly lovely novel. But on the whole I'm glad I tried it as it was quite different from what I had anticipated.
Written from both Rose's and Alex's points of view it didn't shy away from the horrors of war and it held my interest for most of the time, although the story was slightly repetitive in places. The story of Rose and Alex unfolds against the interesting and well-researched background of WW1 and the part that was played by the women who nursed the injured soldiers.
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