I thought this book would be about cryptography and codebreaking in World War II. I expected Bletchley Park and Alan Turing and Nazi double-agents, with a female mathematician as the protagonist, which sounded cool... maybe something like a light cozy version of Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon.Alas,...
Oh, I wanted to like this one, but I just couldn't get into it! None of the characters, let alone the main character, really grabbed me. Well, that's not true. I did like Winston Churchill's cat, Nelson, but he didn't really play a big part in the story. I suspect that this isn't a bad book--it ...
I was surprised at the dark violence of the novel's open -- I think I was expecting a more 'cozy' kind of war story -- but the shadowy moodiness balanced our heroine's spunkiness and made for an enjoyable, fast-paced, thriller-y type WWII mystery.Set in the spring of 1940, the story follows Maggie H...
Personally, I loved Mr. Churchill's Secretary. Maggie is quick and spunky, the supporting characters actually do provide support, and the story itself is light enough for holiday reading but intense enough to keep my attention for the majority of a twenty-four hour car trip. The history is well-arti...
If I could I would have given this a 4.5. Loved this spunky smart-as-hell heroine and very much look forward to more from this series!for more, please go here: http://stitchingmystressaway.com/blog/?p=852
Maggie Hope has gone to England to sell her late grandmother's house in order to pay for her graduate studies in mathematics at MIT. Unfortunately for her, WWII begins and she is unable to leave -- or to sell the house. So, she rents out the rooms to an interesting collection of women and goes to ...
Maggie was supposed to be at MIT earning a graduate degree in advanced mathematics, but instead finds herself in WWII London trying to sell the rundown but elegant house she inherited from a grandmother she had never known. Born in England to British parents, Maggie hadn't been back since she was a ...
I am a big fan of WWII historical fiction so this novel was definitely right up my alley. This novel takes place in England right after England first declares war. This novel follows Maggie Hope, a secretary for Prime Minister Churchill. I found Maggie to be an energetic, interesting character and I...
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