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Abdication. Juliet Nicolson (2012)

by Juliet Nicolson(Favorite Author)

2.86 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

140882308X (ISBN13: 9781408823088)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Bloomsbury UK

review 1: To be fair to this book, the crit is misleading and set me off on the wrong foot with it. It gives the impression that the book focuses on the political aspect of the Abdication Crisis, when really it's a romantic novel set against the backdrop of the abdication. Some of the characters ring true (I haven't checked to see how many of the peripheral characters really existed) but the story brings in too many side storylines and commits that worst of crimes, too many co-incidences. The connection to significant events is very laboured - it seems a character can't step out of their door or look out of a window without witnessing a seminal moment of the 1930s, from the Jarrow hunger march to the Cable Street riots.It's well-enough written and I did want to know what happened, b... moreut I wasn't really convinced by the people or their actions. Now I have to find the sort of book I'd hoped to read in the first place.
review 2: This was a sweet historical Romance set against the backdrop of 1930s England. Juliet Nicholson weaves together two stories in a way that keeps you reading and never becomes aggravating. She offers the same level of attention and care to her two very different main characters and I know that both May (a chauffeur and secretary) and Evangeline (American spinster-like character with a fondness for fashion and chocolate) will pop up in my memory for years to come. less

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