Jack 1939
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
0971496857587
Publish date: July 5th 2012
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
History,
Science Fiction,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Politics,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
World War II,
Alternate History,
Suspense
really triangulates with FitzOsbornes in Exile and Code Name Verity. Yep stayed up all night to finish. . .
Great, great premise, and I love Jack, but I feel like this book should be renamed The Never-Ending Prologue.
Mostly wonderfulCould young JFK have been a pre-WWII spy for FDR? Author Francine Mathews has done her historical homework and created a mostly wonderful story that makes the possibility seem plausible. In 1939 the then 22-year-old John Kennedy was in fact roaming around the hot spots of Europe. His...
A good bet for LeCarre fans, I'm sure. I need to read more LeCarre...
I tried hard with this one, but it just wasn't striking the ol' ring-a-ding-ding for me...I stayed with it all the way to the halfway mark, which is pretty generous on my part. Not only does it feel contrived, it seems to be a deliberate smearing of the Kennedy family. I'm well aware of Joe Senior's...
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