World War I Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/world-war-i/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Mon, 10 Sep 2018 03:56:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg World War I Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/world-war-i/ 32 32 38398750 Quiet Summer Reading: The Verdun Affair https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/07/quiet-summer-reading-the-verdun-affair/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/07/quiet-summer-reading-the-verdun-affair/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:15:43 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11007 Last week I started this little feature for books that don’t quite fit in the normal summer reading mold. This week’s pick is still a quiet character study, but about a devastating time in history.    I have read many, many novels about World War II, but very few about World War I. That, plus […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/07/quiet-summer-reading-the-verdun-affair/feed/ 6 11007 Orhan’s Inheritance https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/01/orhans-inheritance/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/01/orhans-inheritance/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2016 08:33:20 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=5790   Orhan runs a successful rug making factory in Istanbul. The company was started by his grandfather, Kemal, long before he was born. When his grandfather dies and the will is read, the company is left to Orhan, not his father, and even more surprisingly, the family home is left to a woman they’ve never […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/01/orhans-inheritance/feed/ 5 5790 The Lake House https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/10/the-lake-house/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/10/the-lake-house/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2015 07:15:04 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=4520   Kate Morton has become one of my most reliable go-to authors—when I start a book of hers I know I can count on full immersion and enjoyment and her latest, The Lake House is no exception. Alice is a renowned mystery novelist and yet, she herself has been dealing with the consequences of a […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/10/the-lake-house/feed/ 12 4520 Historical Fiction: Mini-Reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/10/historical-fiction-mini-reviews/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/10/historical-fiction-mini-reviews/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2015 07:02:14 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=4507 In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m a fan of historical fiction. You might think you can read only so many books about World War II, the Tudors, or almost any European royal family before losing interest but apparently, for me, that’s not true. There’s always some aspect of history I knew nothing about and, while […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/10/historical-fiction-mini-reviews/feed/ 5 4507 A Reunion of Ghosts https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/04/a-reunion-of-ghosts/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/04/a-reunion-of-ghosts/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2015 07:51:52 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=3904   The Alter sisters, Lady, Vee, and Delph, have decided that, given their family history and their current life situations, it’s time to step off the planet. They’ve picked a date six months away (New Year’s Eve 1999) leaving them time to write a memoir detailing their family tree and the accomplishments of their forebearers. […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/04/a-reunion-of-ghosts/feed/ 8 3904 Dead Wake https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/03/dead-wake/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/03/dead-wake/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2015 07:09:54 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=3822 When it comes to taking historic international events and looking behind the scenes there are few who do it as well as Erik Larson. Even when the event itself is substantial in its importance he is able to dig into it and find an aspect to make it even more momentous and, at the same time, […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/03/dead-wake/feed/ 5 3822 The Care and Management of Lies https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2014/07/care-management-lies/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2014/07/care-management-lies/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2014 19:25:03 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=3037 Thea and Kezia have been friends since childhood and have just finished college to begin their teaching careers in The Care and Management of Lies by Jacqueline Winspear. That is until Kezia decides to marry Thea’s brother Tom, leaving Thea feeling isolated and betrayed. While Kezia adapts to married life and being a farmer’s wife, Thea […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2014/07/care-management-lies/feed/ 2 3037 The Sandcastle Girls https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/12/the-sandcastle-girls/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/12/the-sandcastle-girls/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:52:04 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1115 It was as I was nearing the finish of Chris Bohjalian’s latest novel, The Sandcastle Girls, that I was struck by how insulated and sheltered we are in the United States. I say that with a full understanding of recent events and their horrors. What I mean, is that at no time in any of […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/12/the-sandcastle-girls/feed/ 2 1115 The Wine of Solitude https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/10/the-wine-of-solitude/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/10/the-wine-of-solitude/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:32:08 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=754 At eight, Hélène Karol lives in a small Russian town with her parents, Boris and Bella, and her grandparents. She is an odd, lonely girl largely because her mother is willful, spoiled and selfish, interested in only her own desires and unwilling to do anything more than blame her daughter for spoiling her fun. When […]

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