In my opinion, Marie Benedict is among the best of the current writers of historical fiction. Here, once again, the author has succeeded in writing an absorbing story that is based upon historical fact. Unlike in her earlier novels, this time she tells the story of six important characters (rather than one) who were sisters. They were so different from each other that it is hard to believe that they had the same parents.
The family included one son, Tom and many daughters. There was Nancy, the novelist. Diana was beautiful, married to one of (those) Guinnesses but she left
Bryan to be with the Fascist Oswald Mosley. Unity was somewhat of a fanatic who was deeply enamored of Hitler while Jessica was a Communist. There were also younger sisters Debo and Pamela.
Benedict tells her chapters from different characters points of view. She often has characters detailing their experiences in the same time frame.
There is a very rich history in this family. Readers will enjoy learning more about the Mitfords in this well written story.
Many thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for this title. All opinions are my own.
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Back in the day, when she was a new author, I could get the ARCs of her books, but she’s gotten too famous for a small-time blogger like me from the middle of nowhere. I had to buy this, and I’m glad I did! Really good book.
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I do enjoy her books. I get approved for some of them from NG and once, I won one on Goodreads! Very exciting. She has a new book coming out that features the women of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
PS Thanks for reading my blog.
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Yes, that one sounds excellent!
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