The Promise of Tomorrow Charlotte Brookes flees her lecherous guardian, McBride, taking her younger sister with her. After a year on the road, they stumble into a Yorkshire village. There, they are taken in by the Wheelers, owners of the village shop. This new life is strange for Charlotte, but preferable to living with McBride… Continue reading The Promise of Tomorrow by AnneMarie Brear: moving historical fiction
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Leo’s War by Patricia Murphy: lively and inspiring
Synopsis It’s 1943 and young Leo tries to protect his disabled sister Ruby as the Nazis invade Italy. After his mother is arrested, he turns to Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty to save them. But he is no ordinary priest. Known as ‘The Pimpernel of the Vatican’, the Monsignor is the legendary organizer of the Rome Escape… Continue reading Leo’s War by Patricia Murphy: lively and inspiring
That’s War by William Arthur Sirmon: A First World War Diary
That’s War By William Arthur Sirmon, reproduced by: Brannon William Sirmon This book is the actual diary as written by William Arthur Sirmon. The diary is reproduced from 1st January 1918. The book records faithfully the long periods of tedium that are part of the army routine although this appears to be interspersed with quite… Continue reading That’s War by William Arthur Sirmon: A First World War Diary