Churchill's People: An Adams Family Saga Novel

Adams Family Saga #14

by Mary Jane Staples

In 1941, the United Kingdom was in desperate straits, standing alone with its troops against the colossal war machine of Nazi Germany. There was always Prime Minister Winston Churchill, however, who growled his defiance to Hitler and induced in his people a determination to endure.

The Adams family shared that determination and their own kind of optimism. Emma went happily into her marriage with Jonathan, while Boots's son Tim, in between his hazardous exploits as a Commando, helped his fiancee Felicity in her courageous fight against blindness, the result of a terrible injury in the bombing. Rosie Adams was due to marry Matthew Chapman from Dorset, but Chinese Lady was unsure about it. He seemed a fine enough man, but what with a lame leg that prevented him from doing his bit for his country, and the uncertainty of his garage business, she felt that he was hardly the ideal choice for such an eligible young woman as Rosie. As for Boots and his new wife Polly, they came up with some very unexpected news for the family...

275 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 2, 1999

About the author

Mary Jane Staples is a pseudonym used by British author Reginald Thomas Staples (1911-2005). He is also published under the name Robert Tyler Stevens, R.T. Stevens, and James Sinclair.

Reviews

[Rhona Connor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good read. Adams book 14.

This book is set in 1941, starting where the previous book left off. Eloise Adams is training, or further training for advancement to further rank. Tim is still in the commandos and engaged to Felicity and we see their meetings and how she is trying to keep a brave face on everything. Rosie is preparing for her wedding to Matt Chapman a garage owner. Sammy is himself, there are interludes with all the Adams family and we also see the commandos in battle. Bobby and Helene are training with the SOE. ( Special Operations Executive) but Lt Bobby Somers is attached to his artillery unit and Helene to a FANY unit ( First Aid Nursing Yeomanry). There is a surprise in store for Mr and Mrs Robert (Boots) Adams.
Highly recommended.

[Jennsie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is the next part of a series set in the war with the usual characters and circumstances. The majority of the plot featured Rosie and her upcoming wedding.

[Camilla Tilly · Rating 2 out of 5]

I definately had mixed feelings about this one and would have liked to have rated it 2 1/2 or "I thought it was okay". I liked the war parts that tell the story of what it was really like during spring of 1941, early summer, in Great Britain. I also like all the humour in the book, especially all the funny things the matriarch of the family says, Chinese Lady.
But what I diskliked in this book was all the sexual tension, all the sexual teasing between the couples, the sexual inuendos and the sex described. There has been none of that really in the previous books I have read in the series, and while I thought my soon 13-year-old daughter might enjoy the previous three books that I have read, I will for sure not put this one in her hands. Yes, perhaps that is how people spoke to each other back then, how do I know, but I didn't like that part.