An Incomplete Revenge (Maisie Dobbs Book 5)
by Jacqueline Winspear
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Author: Jacqueline WinspearEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-25
ISBN: 0312428189
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Picador
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Book Review: "Alone in her flat, Maisie Dobbs danced."
Summary: 5 Stars
I am incredibly moved by this book. Some have commented on the "slowness" of Winspear's books, and I can only say, "Get over it, it was a different era, and the pace is different, as it was then." This is the next to the last in Winspear's series of Maisie Dobbs mysteries, set in the early years of the 20th century. This one takes place in 1931, as economic distress deepens in England and on the continent. We are taken not only into the London world of Maisie and her assistant Billy, but into the small Kentish village of Heronsdene which has an inexplicable darkness about it. The son of Maisie's former benefactor wants to buy the brickworks in Heronsdene, but wants to make sure that there will be no hidden problems with the takeover.
In her investigation Maisie is drawn into the world of the hop-pickers who come from London to work as temporary crop harvesters, as well as into the world of the gypsies who visit the Kentish Weald in September. Maisie has gypsy blood, coming from her maternal grandmother, and the contact with Beulah, the gypsy matriarch, reconnects her to her mother who died when she was quite young. The plot interweaves the fate of the Heronsdene boys in World War I with the fate of a Dutch family which has emigrated to Heronsdene and with the local "squire" whose criminal behavior has controlled the village for most of his life. Maisie's unraveling of the past enables the outsiders and the natives of this small village to work through a shameful past action and arrive at reconciliation. At the same time, Maisie is enabled to let go of her own past, her mourning for her great love Simon Lynch, and move into the future.
She has danced with the gypsies and has witnessed Beulah's burial and the burning of her wagon; then her friend Priscilla gives her a gramophone and a recording of gypsy music. "Maisie felt the rhythm in her feet, her body, and her arms, and she remembered the gypsies moving to the music, pounding the ground in a celebration of the spirit. So, alone in her flat, Maisie Dobbs danced."
Winspear keeps getting better - the last in this series (so far) is just as good as this one. People who like Alexander McCall Smith will also love these for their depth and their psychological insight.
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