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Original Title: | The White Road |
ISBN: | 0751533459 (ISBN13: 9780751533453) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Morland Dynasty #28 |
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Paperback | Pages: 480 pages Rating: 4.28 | 262 Users | 8 Reviews
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Title | : | The White Road (Morland Dynasty #28) |
Author | : | Cynthia Harrod-Eagles |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 480 pages |
Published | : | November 1st 2006 by Little, Brown Book Group (first published 2006) |
Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction |
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August 1914The whole country is thrilled by the declaration of war. The British Expeditionary Force goes off to France to defend gallant little Belgium, and thousands more young men rush to volunteer, hoping to see action before the war ends at Christmas. At home everyone competes to be doing the most for the war effort. The Morlands have their share of volunteers, and no-one can say they aren't at the very heart of things. But when Christmas comes the war is far from over, and nine in ten of the men who marched, singing, down the white road to Mons have fallen.
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This was good but the war makes everyone stupid.The book opens as England daily expects war with Germany. Bertie Parke, one of the Morland cousins (family tree helpfully provided in front of the book, along with maps of The Front), a veteran of the Boer War, is recalled to service even before the official outbreak of war. By the book's end, months later, nearly everyone in the family is doing something for the war effort, whether in the forces, visiting wounded soldiers, raising a regiment or making uniforms. Harrod-Eagles covers many
I could see why some people wouldn't like it because it's almost all about the War. I loved it. It's a period of history I love learning about. The detail of the battles and the conditions the men endured was brilliantly done. I enjoyed the parts about the family back home and it broke up the book a bit. There was heavy emphasis on how brutal and almost inhuman, the Germans were which made me cringe a bit. I suppose when it's written from the English point of view that's what happens.An
Do not read this if you do not like history especially if you don't like history about war. This is 75% World War I, 1914. I think it took the author too long to develop Jessie into a character that I could like. She did it in the last 40 pages of the book. Now she will have to kill off Ned, which will be easy since he's a soldier, how she is going to get rid of Maude I don't know. This author dumps these superfluous people off frequently enough, I know eventually Jessie and Bertie will be
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (aka Emma Woodhouse, Elizabeth Bennett)Cynthia Harrod-Eagles was born on 13 August 1948 in Shepherd's Bush, London, England, where was educated at Burlington School, a girls' charity school founded in 1699, and at the University of Edinburgh and University College London, where she studied English, history and philosophy.She had a variety of jobs in the commercial world,I could see why some people wouldn't like it because it's almost all about the War. I loved it. It's a period of history I love learning about. The detail of the battles and the conditions the men endured was brilliantly done. I enjoyed the parts about the family back home and it broke up the book a bit. There was heavy emphasis on how brutal and almost inhuman, the Germans were which made me cringe a bit. I suppose when it's written from the English point of view that's what happens.An
At first I thought this book would be nothing but a blow by blow account of fighting by the English army (not my favourite thing to read about). But after the first hundred pages, this really heats up- an incredibly fascinating look at the first year of World War I. Highly enjoyable.
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