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Daisy Wood

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Tekijän teokset

The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris (2022) 106 kappaletta
The Clockmaker's Wife (2021) 104 kappaletta
The Royal Librarian (2024) 5 kappaletta
In harmony with nature (1975) 2 kappaletta
The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris (2022) 2 kappaletta
Full Circle (2020) 1 kappale

Merkitty avainsanalla

Yleistieto

Muut nimet
Walters, Jennie
Sukupuoli
female

Jäseniä

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This story has two timelines it goes back and forth between 1940 as the war rages and bombs rain down on Britain and present day Philadelphia with Lacey Turner digging into her great aunt’s family tree and coming across a book bearing the stamp of Windsor Castle’s royal bindery. Thus, begins a journey that will take Lacey from Buckingham palace in a quest to find out what is behind this mysterious book and the secrets Sophie Klein, her grandmother’s sister, has been hiding for so long.

The dual time line works seamlessly, the voices alternating between Sophie (1940) and Lacey (present day) as they tell us what is going on. It is a good story although the part in America was slightly boring and a bit too long. Once Lacey set foot in Britain and the two stories came together I was totally into it and flipping the pages to see what Sophie really was doing at the Palace. Escaping from Austria to take up a position in the Royal Library to translate letters written by the King to the Nazi regime...was she a spy? The past was definitely the more captivating story but the present brings closure.

This story is interesting we have no shortage of information of what was happening at the time. By featuring real people and their lives with fictional characters the author has giving us a tale that could be as true to life as possible. “The Royal Librarian” is an interesting recreation of a moment in time and is played out by wonderful and well-drawn characters. In whole this story is easy to stay with it, the pacing is steady and the narrative is quite engaging.

Most historical fiction enthusiast should love this one.

My thanks to Avon Books UK as well as Netgalley for this ARC
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Tigerpaw70 | Feb 24, 2024 |
Oh, dear! This novel had so much potential but it didn't deliver. I was bored from the start and I found both the historical and modern stories tedious. Juliette, from the present, was a whining, irritating character who I had no time for and, while I enjoyed the historical timeline a little more, I still found it bland.

By the midway point, I was skimming the pages which is never a good sign but I have read so many better books set during WWII that I couldn't be bothered giving this book my full attention. I know I am going against popular opinion, but "The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris" was not for me.… (lisätietoja)
 
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HeatherLINC | 3 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 20, 2024 |
iThe story starts like many books of this genre, following the successful formula. The chapters flip between two time zones, 1939-40 and 2022 following the female line of Ellie who is living in American 2022. Her mother Alice is now in a nursing home and getting confused about things from her past. Her grandmother Nell, who lived at the time of the London Blitz was sadly killed by a bomb on New Years Eve 1940. At that time Alice was only 9 months old and knows nothing of what really happened. Ellie decides to go to London and see what she can find out. Her only contact is her estranged Aunt Gillian. Once in London the story picks up some pace and takes a new turn. There are slowly emerging details of a secret plot that, had it been successful, could have changed the outcome of the war. It certainly changed things for Nell. Although this isn’t a great read, I thought it was a good one. Totally fictional but quite plausible. I liked some of the secondary characters best and would have enjoyed having them more involved in the narrative.… (lisätietoja)
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Fliss88 | 9 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Nov 27, 2023 |
Enjoyable

Was a slow start, but once it started getting better I didn’t want to put it down! Definitely recommend it.
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CassandraSabo | 9 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Nov 2, 2023 |

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6
Jäseniä
220
Suosituimmuussija
#101,715
Arvio (tähdet)
3.8
Kirja-arvosteluja
15
ISBN:t
22

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