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The Report (2010)

by Jessica Francis Kane(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1555975658 (ISBN13: 9781555975654)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Graywolf Press

review 1: A surprisingly enjoyable read for a book about a tragedy in an East End air raid shelter during the Second World War. My only reservation is that the author chose to employ considerable fictional licence. I am a little uneasy about that, not least because she created a story in which the investigating magistrate chose to suppress key findings, albeit with good intentions. I have no objection to this alternative story, but it seems to me that it is unfair to the memory of a real historical person to do this without also changing the name of the investigator.
review 2: This is an account of East End London's less-known but worst WWII civilian disaster. On the evening of 3rd March 1943, a gun battery was tested in Victoria Park causing panic to get to Bethnal Gree... moren tube station being used as an air raid shelter. A woman fell over on the stairs leading down to the shelter in the panic causing a human avalanche in which 173 people lost their lives. This is their story. A fictional account but based on a true report. less

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