Enemies, a Love Story
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Herman Broder, a refugee and Holocaust survivor, has three women in his life: Yadwiga, the loyal...
The Snakes
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Family secrets can be deadly… Newly-weds Dan and Bea decide to escape London. Driving through...
Sucker Punch (2011)
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Locked away, a young woman named Babydoll (Emily Browning) retreats to a fantasy world where she is...
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Tattooist of Auschwitz in Books
Mar 2, 2018 (Updated Mar 2, 2018)
Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, was given the task of tattooing identification numbers on others at the notorious concentration camp. There he meets Gita, another Slovakian, and he sets himself on a mission to escape with her to freedom by trading food and jewels, revealing his incredible street smarts. If he had been caught, he would have been killed - many owed him their survival.
There are elements where you do think it has been written for the screen, as the scenes fail to connect to one another fluidly. As a result, I did believe it to be a fictional story because the writing failed to completely flourish and the author struggles with the prose. In this respect, it is rather disappointing, however, the memoir is wonderful and it leaves you with huge respect for the Sokolovs.
Soldier, Spy: A Survivor's Tale
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Soldier, Spy is the astonishing memoir of one ordinary man and soldier, Victor Gregg, as he resumes...
Virals (Virals, #1)
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Fourteen-year-old Tory Brennan is as fascinated by bones and dead bodies as her famous aunt,...
My Cool Scooter: An Inspirational Guide to Stylish Scooters
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In terms of public image, the scooter has long played second fiddle to the motorcycle. Of course,...
The Silent Fountain
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'Atmospheric and foreboding this is the perfect contemporary homage to the gothic tradition.' - The...
David McK (3377 KP) rated Lord Hornblower (Hornblower #10) in Books
Feb 21, 2021
Yes, just one year before the end of the Napoleonic Wars and Napoleons final defeat at Waterloo in 1815.
This novel also takes place over that year, from his (successful) completion of that mission, to a landing in the port of Le Havre, to the conference of Vienna where the victors carve up Napoleon's empire, to Napoleon's return and to his final defeat - admittedly, the decidedly not perfect Hornblower may not be personally involved in all those latter events, but they do impact upon him as he is away visiting old friends (from a few novels back) in France when Napoleon returns.
And, I have to say, he has a very lucky escape indeed!
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