Tag: WWI

  • Review of “Sisters of the Great War”

    Sisters of the Great War is a work of WWI historical fiction by Suzanne Feldman. It tells the story of Ruth and Elise Duncan, two sisters from Baltimore, Maryland who are chafing under both societal restrictions and family restrictions. When Ruth is rather firmly denied the option to go to medical school to become a…

  • Review of “Fall of Giants”

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    I absolutely love a good historical fiction epic and I think a found a good one. Fall of Giants is the first book in The Century Trilogy by Ken Follett. He also wrote the Kingsbridge series that I have also talked about previously. This book opens shortly before WWI and covers the events of the…

  • Review of “A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, And A Great War”

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    I think I mentioned this in an earlier post but I have a real weakness for a good biography and this one was a good one. A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and A Great War by Joseph Loconte is a dual biography of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien which focuses primarily on how…