Customer Reviews
An intelligent romance - By: Millie, 13 Jul 2008 
Although the book gets off to a confusing start & there are a lot of characters to get to grips with (I went back & read Part 1 when I had read Part 2) this is a reallly thought provoking book. It's good to read a character driven story that acknowledges that some people are interested in history & politics as well as romance & family saga. It's a fascinating insight into Britain in the 1930s as well as a good story.
Not a page turner. - By: M. HENNING, 07 Jan 2008 
A slow start. Lots of text that is just "jabber" & does not move the story on. Rather disappointed.
Not as good as the first - By: Badgergirl, 04 Feb 2006 I loved her first book, & I read the first chapter of this one online. Defintely not as good. I found myself skipping large chunks of text because there was so much about the rights & wrongs of fascism etc that it got quite boring. I persevered & the ending was not as predictable as I thought it would be hence the three stars. However, the person that edited the book should be sacked - 3 dreadful typos/mistakes that reallly should have been picked up on. Maybe I shalll write & tell them!
Slow starter but worth the wait. - By: , 03 Feb 2006 After a rather confusing & seemingly over-populated start, everything began to falll into place. The book quickly gained pace & the tale of love, infatuation, intrigue & betrayal soon took hold. Set in the 1930s when political (as opposed to religious) ideology was still alive, the historical detail is meticulous & the characters totallly believable. The only criticism I have is that there was often a comma when a full-stop was required. But this was a minor irritation.
What a disappointment ... - By: , 23 Jan 2006 Having enjoyed Elizabeth Edmondson's first novel I had been eagerly awaiting her second, but it proved to be a huge let-down. The first part of the book is rather fragmented & the novel would have been better beginning at part two. The characters appeared one-dimensional to me - some just seemed completely unnecessary - & we had dull discourses about the virtues/evil of communism versus capitalism & fascism The author couldn't seem to decide what genre the story was - romance, political, spy - & whilst I ploughed through it thinking 'maybe it will be worth it in the end', I'm afraid it just wasn't. I hate writing bad crits, & have given this three stars because I know that Elizabeth Edmondson can write well. Perhaps I could respectfully suggest she sticks to well-written family sagas rather than trying to educate us about the politics of pre-war years.
