It's not just a gorgeous cover. Cooper is really good at creating historical characters expressing progressive views, and showing how unappreciated that is by their contemporaries. Even how dangerous that can be. Library copy.
so much better than the first - A Brief History of Montmaray. Cooper incorporated the history so skillfully - Mitfords, Kick Kennedy, League of Nations. 3rd one is due in October, have to wait :(
3.5 stars.Lovely writing. I adore the setting. The family ties. The historical aspect.One of my only qualms was the Toby/Simon storyline. It is slightly uncomfortable to read about, though there is never anything bad. Also, historically speaking, I highly doubt that Sophie would have been writing a...
2.5 starsPicking up the pace. The Spanish Civil War is escalating. The political discussions among the cousins are realistic and nice to see them worked organically into the story. The characters all develop a great deal this book.Again, Sophie's voice and the setting make this a very interesting an...
"What matters is not what one feels but how one acts as a result of feelings." -HRH Princess Sophia FitzOsborne of Montmaray, p. 289 A proof that women can change the world. A proof that we, women, are not low, that we can also speak up for the sake of justice, peace, and love.
This second book in the series picks up after a Nazi attack forced a frantic and complete evacuation of the tiny island kingdom of Montaray. Sophie FitzOsborne, her brother Toby, her sister Henry and her cousin Veronica are in England now, trying to figure out what they can do to get their homeland ...
A couple of weeks ago, my friend B. (who sometimes comments here as the Baroness) mentioned A Brief History of Montmaray and The FitzOsbornes in Exile as being very Maureen-y books. Shortly afterwards, I was at the library* and happened to see the first one on the shelf. So I snatched it and settled...
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