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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Children of the Siege (book 1) in Books

Feb 22, 2024  
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Children of the Siege (book 1)
Diney Costeloe | 2024
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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33 of 220
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Children of the Siege (Book1)
By Diney Costeloe
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Nineteenth-century Paris is in flames, houses ransacked, streets barricaded. Most people are fleeing the ravaged city, but the St Clair family have made a fateful decision – to return to Paris from their house in the country.

As the horrors of the Commune and the ensuring siege engulf the St Clairs, little Helene falls ill and becomes separated from the family. Lost and alone, she must fend for herself on the war-torn streets.

This was a pretty decent read. I love historical fiction, this is set in 19th century France when war is raging as well as civil unrest we follow a family dealing with life and the changes war has brought on them.
  
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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Homage to Catalonia in Books

Jul 24, 2017  
Homage to Catalonia
Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell, Julian Symon | 2013 | Biography
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Extremely relevant for today
George Orwell is a master of deciphering complicated political structures, as seen through the Spanish Civil War. But what is more extraordinary is his prophetic ability, for only months later Britain was at the mercy of German bombs as he correctly predicted.

His first-hand account of fighting in the war makes him unique in his ability to be able to write about it unlike many of the other biased publications at the time. It is an extremely political book so it may not suit someone who wants to read about the emotional upheaval being on the frontline.

He truly is a genius ahead of his time.