The Crimson Rooms - Katharine McMahon • BookLikes (ISBN:042523858X)

The Crimson Rooms

by: Katharine McMahon (author)

From the author of the #1 international bestseller, The Rose of Sebastopol—an unforgettable historical novel. Still haunted by the death of her brother James seven years ago in World War I, Evelyn Gifford is shocked when a young nurse named Meredith and her six-year-old son appear on her London doorstep. Meredith claims the child is James's son, and the grief-stricken Evelyn welcomes them into her home.At the same time Evelyn, a struggling attorney, is defending a veteran charged with murdering his wife. She believes her client is innocent, just as she suspects there is more to the story of her "nephew" than meets the eye.

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780425238585 (042523858X)

Publish date: January 4th 2011

Publisher: Berkley Trade

Pages no: 448

Edition language: English

Category:

History, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Book Club, Historical Fiction, Adult, Mystery, War, Historical Mystery, World War II, Womens

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Amy Reads Books rated it

12 years ago

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I resorted to a Random Number Generator to pick what to read next. And it pulled out this books number.The blurb sounded pretty promising, but I soon as I started it, alarm bells started ringing. I couldn't connect to Evelyn, the protaganist; Meredith was portrayed as manipulative & horrible in a to...

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carey rated it

14 years ago

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This was a lot better than I expected. I particularly enjoyed the descriptions of life as one of England's first female lawyers in the twenties and the fact that the First World War may have been over but the ramifications for all sectors of society were still very much alive. I was also pleased tha...

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KarenV rated it

15 years ago

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4.5 stars. This was a compelling read, part murder mystery, part social commentary on the effects of WWI on the soldiers and their families and the difficulties women were facing in order to enter some of the male-dominated professions like the law. It was a touch long-drawn-out in a couple of pla...

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15 years ago

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Set in 1924, The Crimson Rooms is the story of Evelyn, a pioneering young woman determined to make a career for herself as a lawyer at a time when the legal profession is an overwhelmingly male preserve. (In fact the first women solicitors began work in 1922, as Katahrine Macmahon helpfully informs ...

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