Wellread111's reviews

As previous reviewer described, a true English Princess by name of Charlotte is sent away from heavily bombarded and polluted air of London to a rural place where Nazi's presence is not as murderous and the environment is green and enjoyable. She is to be cared for by entrusted elderly noble couple- Lord and his wife. The secret of Charlotte identity is only known to Royals in London and to Lords where she stays until after the war... I loved the first part of the novel, where Charlotte grows to become a young woman, marries the son of Lords - Henry and has his child. Then all the precious good ends in her new family: Henry dies in war, following his father...and Princess herself perishes as she gives birth to her baby. And a girl-housekeeper raises that child as her own, with deep love and care. The second part when Anne, Charlotte's daughter, marries son of the Lord at the Court of the Queen I truly despise: the son of the Lord's character is empty, he doesn't work in any meaningful way to keep his independence, has no goals in life and cares about nobody, Just enjoys the happy times with various women...And Annie marries him, anyway. I recommend this book, but half-heartedly.

The story has some new informative material and photos, but is difficult to read. It goes way too deep into the roots of each family's tree. Where, if you're not Anglican, it nearly impossible to remember all the inner connections and names of those related to Prince Philip and to Princes Elizabeth. Making the book slightly boring, at least at the beginning. I do not recommend it.

Somewhat of a necessity in this crazy new world of war on decent writing and sharing of ideas and thought...

At least in this serial: the "Sullivan's Crossing", the author isn't your master story teller, unfortunately. It shows in her crude harsh, often low level language used even in intimate scenes...Slang and profanity are not strangers in Ms. Carr's writing here. I couldn't find the style in her rendering of the story, either. And presence of multiple punctual and grammatical errors are adding to negative rating to my personal view. On the other hand, plot and characters with their problems could've been played out so much better-artistically and with good work of editorial help !

It's a woman-writer's story who was born and lives there-in Wuhan, and is interested in her country's health and well-being during and after the Virus' deadly attack. It has nothing to offer to people whose lives and health were jeopardized throughout the whole Universe.