Winter in Madrid
by C. J. Sansom
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Author: C. J. SansomEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2008-01-24
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 544
Publisher: Viking Adult
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Book Review: Really good all the way through
Summary: 5 Stars
Well written characters and plot, believable and interesting; two stories with a common thread alternate chapters until they combine into one neatly done unexpected finish. At no point in the 500 some pages did my interest slacken. Not necessarily a thriller or a mystery, maybe both set in a historical fiction: The end of the Spanish Civil War, during the Second World War before the US enters, when England is alone and hanging on for dear life, in this case by hook or crook via the English embassy in Madrid. There is politics involved in the story but the author does not take time out to lecture about political philosophy or to take sides other than to say there is good and bad on both sides, and that it is always human and personal.
I would suggest reading the Wikipedia article on the Spanish Civil War before starting just to get oriented; the author is British and I imagine this stuff is more widely known to Europeans as part of their recent history.
I enjoyed this book very much and am going to try another by this author.
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