tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post5580921942651425785..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: Historical novels for the WWI centenary: A gallery of new and forthcoming titles, part 1Sarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-85167135481169990612013-10-31T11:03:18.513-05:002013-10-31T11:03:18.513-05:00Wow, both of these lists have now added a ton more...Wow, both of these lists have now added a ton more books to my wishlist! Thanks so much for bringing them to my attention!Colleen Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976640192696124574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-70193547245047767922013-10-17T19:40:13.218-05:002013-10-17T19:40:13.218-05:00You'll have a lot to choose from, that's f...You'll have a lot to choose from, that's for sure. I hadn't known much about it earlier, aside from how it started, but have picked up quite a bit through fiction...Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-14144462543055389232013-10-17T07:27:39.729-05:002013-10-17T07:27:39.729-05:00Thank you for posting this! These novels look wond...Thank you for posting this! These novels look wonderful. I am always so anxious to get my hands on WWI novels since I don't know all that much about the Great War.MaryKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16792891608730814606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-40741453649761354162013-10-16T10:45:58.570-05:002013-10-16T10:45:58.570-05:00Hmm, maybe someone should let the publisher know t...Hmm, maybe someone should let the publisher know this. The title is included in the Edelweiss database so that would be an easy way. But yes, it's laughable about the error. Books aren't edited and fact-checked like they used to be. The author's previous books are more literary fiction, so perhaps he didn't do his research closely enough.<br /><br />Sarah OLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-71231971162609548462013-10-16T10:41:55.753-05:002013-10-16T10:41:55.753-05:00I just finished it. And ditto! Love this subject...I just finished it. And ditto! Love this subject!<br /><br />Sarah OLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-46020185222898367642013-10-16T10:28:41.598-05:002013-10-16T10:28:41.598-05:00The SS is also mentioned on the Amazon blurb and I...The SS is also mentioned on the Amazon blurb and I read the first few pages of the book to check on this as well. It's interesting because I've spent the last 6 years of my life immersed in WWI and now know there were so many embedded German spies already in the US/Latin America/the Caribbean (See "The Enemy Within" by Capt. Henry Landau) that it seems almost laughable that in the decades before the establishment of the CIA the US Govt. would send an officer on board the Lusitania to shadow a suspected German agent on a ship the Germans had specifically targeted for sinking (the German Govt. published articles in NY newspapers threatening to sink the Lusitania before they actually carried out the threat.) when they could have simply prevented him from boarding the ship and confiscated his luggage to check for bombs. Interesting plot, though.<br />--RachelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-24732583870440572322013-10-16T09:29:18.445-05:002013-10-16T09:29:18.445-05:00Thanks for pointing that out! The mention of the ...Thanks for pointing that out! The mention of the SS was in the blurb, but searching for that term (or Schutzstaffel) in the Google Books preview doesn't bring anything up, so it could be an error on the jacket description. I haven't read the book myself.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-30714487020626986282013-10-16T09:17:43.647-05:002013-10-16T09:17:43.647-05:00"...an American spy climbs aboard the Lusitan..."...an American spy climbs aboard the Lusitania in pursuit of a supposed SS agent..."<br /><br />Hello??? Since the Lusitania was sunk in 1915 and the SS was not formed until 1925, I would love to know how that happened! <br />--RachelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-28588398096457675672013-10-16T08:11:26.739-05:002013-10-16T08:11:26.739-05:00I like that it's highlighting that aspect of t...I like that it's highlighting that aspect of the war - before recently, there weren't many novels that covered women's experiences serving in WWI.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-47016821208634389642013-10-16T07:57:26.463-05:002013-10-16T07:57:26.463-05:00Thanks, glad you liked the list! In Falling Snow ...Thanks, glad you liked the list! In Falling Snow is one of the few I have a copy of already - I've been hearing good things about it.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-16104904580749003632013-10-16T06:35:57.979-05:002013-10-16T06:35:57.979-05:00These all look so interesting and tempting. In Fa...These all look so interesting and tempting. In Falling Snow may be a must read for me, too, since my mom was a wartime nurse (not WWI)Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988251415347075888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-20314630956224358652013-10-15T21:32:01.441-05:002013-10-15T21:32:01.441-05:00I'm currently reading In Falling Snow. And thi...I'm currently reading In Falling Snow. And this is a great list! Thanks for sharing!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11015131255166542986noreply@blogger.com