Cliquer sur une vignette pour aller sur Google Books.
Chargement... Messenger of Truth: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Maisie Dobbs Novels) (édition 2007)par Jacqueline Winspear
Information sur l'oeuvreMessenger of Truth par Jacqueline Winspear
Chargement...
Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. An artist depiction of the truth of battle in World War I is the Messenger of Truth. ( ) Georgina Bassington-Hope arrives in Maisie's office at the recommendation of one of their teachers from the girls' school they both attended. Georgina's brother, Nick, was recently found death and while declared accidental, Georgina is less uncertain and asks Maisie to investigate. As Maisie explores the world of artists that Nick lived in, as well as the complex dynamics of the Bassington-Hope family, she'll find that the lingering legacy of the Great War has a role to play in Nick's demise. Winspear's Maisie Dobbs mysteries continue to be really fantastic reads. With brilliant historical detail, ongoing character growth and development, along with a solid mystery these are great reads for fans of mysteries and historical fiction. Messenger of Truth (a Maisie Dobbs book), by Jacqueline Winspear opens in England in 1930, but all of the story is a by-product of WWI. The struggles and death of artist Nick Bassington-Hope in trying to find peace and healing with the barbarity of WWI by exposing its horrors via his art drive the storyline to a strange and painful ending. The raging unemployment of veterans and unbearable poverty which allows a toddler to die because medical care is unavailable for her family until the disease is too far gone to save her provides an important subplot. In Maisie’s latest case, a young and controversial artist, Nick Bassington-Hope, falls from a scaffold just before his latest exhibit opens. His twin sister believes his death wasn’t an accident and hires Maisie. Just like the rest of the series, the case delves into the horrible events that the characters experienced during the Great War. This one was a bit more predictable, but still good. There’s also a side plot about her assistant Billy's young daughter getting sick. A few real people pop up in the story, like politician Oswald Mosley, as the British population feels a growing sense of dread regarding events in Germany.
MESSENGER OF TRUTH is something of a transitional book... the plot hinges on distant conflicts that have no immediacy, and the real issue seems to be whether Maisie will find a way “to move on, to dance with life again” — and, one hopes, to recover her original vocation. Appartient à la sérieMaisie Dobbs (4) Est contenu dansEst en version abrégée dansPrix et récompenses
Fiction.
Mystery.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: Maisie Dobbs investigates the mysterious death of a controversial artist??and World War I veteran??in the fourth entry in the bestselling series Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
Discussion en coursAucunCouvertures populaires
Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)823.92Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 2000-Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
Est-ce vous ?Devenez un(e) auteur LibraryThing. |