Archives by Tag 'Second World War'
‘Far to Go’ by Alison Pick
By oldenglishrose - Last updated: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Historical novels are usually a staple part of my reading diet, but one that has been rather neglected so far this year in favour of trying new things and branching out into different, unexplored areas of literature. This certainly hasn’t been a deliberate decision and in fact I hadn’t realised that I was reading fewer [...]
Review: ‘The Lieutenant’s Lover’ by Harry Bingham
By oldenglishrose - Last updated: Friday, December 10, 2010
Title: The Lieutenant’s Lover Author: Harry Bingham Published: Harper, 2006, pp. 442. Originally published 2006 Blurb: Misha is an aristocratic young officer in the army when the Russian revolution sweeps away all his certainties. Tonya is a nurse from an impoverished family in St Petersburg. They should have been bitter enemies; and yet they fall [...]