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Lorimer Family #3
Blaize
Volume Three of the dramatic saga of the Lorimer FamilyScattered by War, but the Lorimer saga continues... The ball which Lord and Lady Glanville give for the 21st birthday of their nephew Brinsley Lorimer is a glittering social occasion in their country house, Blaize. But the year is 1914 and the telegram which summons Brinsley from the dance floor to the Western Front heralds the scattering of the Lorimer family. While Brinsley's 23-year-old sister Kate goes to Serbia to work as a doctor, Dr Margaret Lorimer converts her sister's opera house at Blaize into a military hospital. Only after the war ends is Margaret able to look into the future with hope for those of the younger generation who have survived...Lorimers at War is the third engrossing novel in the series which chronicles the lives and fortunes of the Lorimer family from the 1870's to the 1940's.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
541 pages, Hardcover
First published October 27, 1980
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About the author
Anne Melville
32 books11 followersMargaret Edith Newman Potter (aka Margaret Newman, Anne Betteridge, Margaret Potter, Anne Melville, Margaret Evans)
Margaret Edith Newman was born on 21 June 1926 in Harrow, Middlesex, London, England, UK, the eldest daughter of Marjory Edith (Donald), a former teacher, and Bernard Newman, author of fiction and non-fiction books and considered an authority on spies. She had two sisters, Hilary (Mrs. Richard Hipkin) and Lauriston (Mrs. Malcolm Norris). She was educated at Harrow County School for Girls, from 1937 to 1944; and studied her Major scholar at St Hugh's College, Oxford form 1944 to 1947, she aslo earned her B.A. in 1947 and her M.A. in 1952. On 11 February 1950, she married (Ronald) Jeremy Potter, a publisher and later also published writer of mystery novels. They had a daughter, Jocelyn, and a son, Jonathan.
Before writing, she worked in various jobs, as teacher in Egypt and England, from 1947 to 1950; as editor at King's Messenger children's magazine in London, from 1950 to 1955; and as adviser at Citizen's Advice Bureau in Twickenham, Middlesex, from 1962 to 1970.
On 1959, she published her first mystery novel, Murder to Music as Margaret Newman. Her next novels were published under the pseudonym of Anne Betteridge, a tribute to her father's pseudonym Don Betteridge. Under her married name, Margaret Potter, she published Children's fiction. Under the pseudonym Anne Melville, she signed her historical novels since 1977. As Margaret Evans, she published two historical novels. She continued publishing until her death.
Widow since 15 November 1997, she died less than a year later on 26 August 1998 in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
Margaret Edith Newman was born on 21 June 1926 in Harrow, Middlesex, London, England, UK, the eldest daughter of Marjory Edith (Donald), a former teacher, and Bernard Newman, author of fiction and non-fiction books and considered an authority on spies. She had two sisters, Hilary (Mrs. Richard Hipkin) and Lauriston (Mrs. Malcolm Norris). She was educated at Harrow County School for Girls, from 1937 to 1944; and studied her Major scholar at St Hugh's College, Oxford form 1944 to 1947, she aslo earned her B.A. in 1947 and her M.A. in 1952. On 11 February 1950, she married (Ronald) Jeremy Potter, a publisher and later also published writer of mystery novels. They had a daughter, Jocelyn, and a son, Jonathan.
Before writing, she worked in various jobs, as teacher in Egypt and England, from 1947 to 1950; as editor at King's Messenger children's magazine in London, from 1950 to 1955; and as adviser at Citizen's Advice Bureau in Twickenham, Middlesex, from 1962 to 1970.
On 1959, she published her first mystery novel, Murder to Music as Margaret Newman. Her next novels were published under the pseudonym of Anne Betteridge, a tribute to her father's pseudonym Don Betteridge. Under her married name, Margaret Potter, she published Children's fiction. Under the pseudonym Anne Melville, she signed her historical novels since 1977. As Margaret Evans, she published two historical novels. She continued publishing until her death.
Widow since 15 November 1997, she died less than a year later on 26 August 1998 in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
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March 5, 2021
Ich habe dieses Buch via Skoobe geliehen und nicht abgebrochen, obwohl ich mich dieses Mal schwerer getan habe als bei den beiden vorigen Bänden. Das Buch hat mich einfach nicht gezogen. Ich habe schon andere Bücher mit dem 1. Weltkrieg als Thema gelesen, die wesentlich spannender waren. Bei diesen Buch fiel mir auf, dass es irgendwie bei kaum einem Erzählstrang zum Happy End kam. Ein Buch, dass einen hinunterziehen kann, bei mir tat es das definitiv.
Außerdem auch hier wieder sehr viele orthografische Fehler.
Trotzdem habe ich mich entschieden, 07/10 Punkte zu geben, oder 66/100. Sieht man über die orthografischen Fehler hinweg, wartet die Story bei manchen Teilen der Erzählstränge mit Detailreichtum auf. Gern hätte ich mehr über die einzelnen Familienmitglieder erfahren, aber hier endet die Trilogie. Im Grunde genommen können wir festhalten, dass es nur anfangs der Reihe um den Handel ging und ansonsten mehr die Frauen in den Vordergrund gerückt sind, die oft Ärztinnen wurden und sich für die Kranken und Schwachen einsetzten.
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Außerdem auch hier wieder sehr viele orthografische Fehler.
Trotzdem habe ich mich entschieden, 07/10 Punkte zu geben, oder 66/100. Sieht man über die orthografischen Fehler hinweg, wartet die Story bei manchen Teilen der Erzählstränge mit Detailreichtum auf. Gern hätte ich mehr über die einzelnen Familienmitglieder erfahren, aber hier endet die Trilogie. Im Grunde genommen können wir festhalten, dass es nur anfangs der Reihe um den Handel ging und ansonsten mehr die Frauen in den Vordergrund gerückt sind, die oft Ärztinnen wurden und sich für die Kranken und Schwachen einsetzten.
https://sunsys-blog.blogspot.com/2021...
August 27, 2024
Amazing last book in this trilogy
This last book of the three of "The Lorimer Chronicles" was intense with the emotion and heartbreak of WWI for England.
I highly recommend all three books, but feel this final story must be read after the first two books.
This last book of the three of "The Lorimer Chronicles" was intense with the emotion and heartbreak of WWI for England.
I highly recommend all three books, but feel this final story must be read after the first two books.
November 21, 2019
Sie sind zurück - mit einem fabelhaften dritten Teil der Lorimer-Saga. Dieses Buch ist im ersten Weltkrieg beheimatet. Wir erfahren über die Schicksale von Kate, die sich in den Kriegswirren plötzlich in Russland wiederfindet. Wundervoll geschrieben wandert man mit Kate über die Berge, im tiefen Schnee, arbeitet Seite an Seite mit ihr im Lazarett und kämpft gemeinsam mit ihr um ihre Liebe.
Ihren Bruder verschlägt es an die Front, gemeinsam mit seinem Cousin. Der Traum, ein Held zu sein, verblasst plötzlich, als sich das wahre Grauen des Krieges auftut.
Auch die restlichen Familienmitglieder finden sich in dem Buch wieder.
Die Autorin schreibt so schön und warm dass man sich während dem Lesen inmitten der Szenen wiederfindet. Ich habe dieses Buch sehr genossen, weil es nicht an Tiefe fehlt, die Charaktere wirklich lebendig werden und der flüssige Schreibstil einladet, es sich mit dem Buch gemütlich zu machen.
Leseempfehlung von mir!
Ihren Bruder verschlägt es an die Front, gemeinsam mit seinem Cousin. Der Traum, ein Held zu sein, verblasst plötzlich, als sich das wahre Grauen des Krieges auftut.
Auch die restlichen Familienmitglieder finden sich in dem Buch wieder.
Die Autorin schreibt so schön und warm dass man sich während dem Lesen inmitten der Szenen wiederfindet. Ich habe dieses Buch sehr genossen, weil es nicht an Tiefe fehlt, die Charaktere wirklich lebendig werden und der flüssige Schreibstil einladet, es sich mit dem Buch gemütlich zu machen.
Leseempfehlung von mir!
June 7, 2013
This is much better! I was kind if disappointed in "The Lorimer Legacy", abd after my disappontment with the last Euro-centric war novel, I wasn't just dying to read this one. However, I am a big fan of this family, and Margaret in particular, so I read it.
This is more akin to the first in the serues, with the exception of the youngest brother to Margaret that IMHO needed to be put in his place in the first book, abd how much I'd do the same to his youngest if given a chance....... ;)
It may be a while befire I get to the remaining two in the series, but in the meantime, I recommend this series highly
This is more akin to the first in the serues, with the exception of the youngest brother to Margaret that IMHO needed to be put in his place in the first book, abd how much I'd do the same to his youngest if given a chance....... ;)
It may be a while befire I get to the remaining two in the series, but in the meantime, I recommend this series highly
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