Theodore Bonnet (1908–1983)
Auteur de The Mudlark
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Theodore Bonnet
Dutch 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Bonnet, Theodore
- Date de naissance
- 1908-04-24
- Date de décès
- 1983-01-15
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Professions
- artillery officer
newspaperman
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Membres
- 68
- Popularité
- #253,411
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 4
This book is a fictional story, using real people as characters, to portray the Queen's reentry into public life after being in mourning for her husband for many years. This was triggered with the event of a fictional lad, Wheeler, being curious about the Queen, whom he was told was the Mother of England, and entering through a series of accidental openings the dining room in Windsor Castle where the Queen was dining with Disraeli, her Prime Minister.
The boy, Wheeler, actually has a small role in the book. There is a lot of discussion about England at the time. The climax comes with Disraeli's speech in Parliament and the Queen's realization that her people needed her. In the end you see that young Wheeler never stops being curious about things.
The book is charming, but not engrossing.… (plus d'informations)