Reviewed by Bev Scott Kristin Hannah has written a gripping book titled The Nightingale. She takes the reader through the perils and dramatic moments of the French resistance and the Nazi occupation of France during WWII. Two sisters provide the contrast. Isabelle displays the rage and defiance of a resistance fighter. Vianne, a mother, cautiously […]
WWII in Europe
Book Review: “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr
Reviewed by Bev Scott All the Light We Cannot See is a beautiful, masterfully written work of historical fiction. It tells the stories of two young people, a blind French girl, Marie Laure and an orphan German boy, Werner. Marie Laure lives with her father, a master locksmith at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. […]
Book Review: “Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, De Gaulle and Von Choltitz Saved the City of Light” by Jean Edward Smith
Reviewed by Bev Scott Liberation of Paris by historian Jean Edward Smith, tells a fascinating story of the efforts of three key men that resulted in the liberation of Paris in World War II. The Allies swept across northern France after they broke through the German lines in Normandy. They were pursuing the German army intending to […]
