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Blitz
Molly Lefebure was a reporter during the London Blitz and her first-hand descriptions bring authenticity to this sweeping historical saga. She tells the story of four families whose lives become entangled against the backdrop of a war-torn country.
352 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1988
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November 10, 2014
One of the best accounts of the blitz I have ever read. The unrelenting bombing that took place over London is brought to shocking life by Molly Lefebure's skill as a writer. The story follows several families from the outset of WWII, but unlike other storytellers, Lefebure leaves the characters with much of their lives untold. Excellent.
February 29, 2016
Written by someone who actually experienced it the description of the Blitz was so vivid you can live the horror. No sugar coating or fairy tale ending. Would have liked the story to continue to find out what happens to the characters next.
May 27, 2017
One of my favorite books ever. The London Blitz is such a terrible, yet fascinating, part of history. Hitler thought he'd smash London-- and so he did, but not the indomitable spirit of the Londoners themselves.
Molly Lefebure worked as a reporter in London during the Blitz, and you can feel the authenticity of her experiences in this book. It tells the story from all points of view: the East Enders who take the brunt of it; the volunteer workers who try to cope with something no one could ever have dreamed of coping with; the RAF pilots to whom "Never... was so much owed by so many to so few".
Molly Lefebure worked as a reporter in London during the Blitz, and you can feel the authenticity of her experiences in this book. It tells the story from all points of view: the East Enders who take the brunt of it; the volunteer workers who try to cope with something no one could ever have dreamed of coping with; the RAF pilots to whom "Never... was so much owed by so many to so few".
November 13, 2014
I'd thoroughly enjoyed the other book (Thunder In The Sky) I'd read by this author, so assumed that this would be equally good.
Perhaps it's actually a measure of the author's skill that she managed to portray the bombed-out East End characters and the characters of middle class suburbia with equal conviction, but I must admit that to begin with I found this slightly confusing - not just too many characters, but too many settings kept intruding so that I was a good way through the book before I finally found some characters I could latch on to & follow.
That said, it turned into a really good read, & possibly one of the best depictions I've read of what it must have been like to live through the blitz
Perhaps it's actually a measure of the author's skill that she managed to portray the bombed-out East End characters and the characters of middle class suburbia with equal conviction, but I must admit that to begin with I found this slightly confusing - not just too many characters, but too many settings kept intruding so that I was a good way through the book before I finally found some characters I could latch on to & follow.
That said, it turned into a really good read, & possibly one of the best depictions I've read of what it must have been like to live through the blitz
April 9, 2015
bored and gave up .. not really my thing
December 29, 2017
Great
This was an excellent read, I like stories about the war as my father was in the R.A.F. I highly recommend this book.
This was an excellent read, I like stories about the war as my father was in the R.A.F. I highly recommend this book.
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