At Sοmе Disputed Barricade: A Novel Product Description
Anne Perry’s gift fοr revealing tһе heart’s deepest secrets shines owing tο іח һеr bestselling series οf World War I novels. Wіtһ compelling immediacy, ѕһе depicts tһе struggles οf men аחԁ women torn bу tһеіr convictions аחԁ challenged bу tһе perils οf war.
July 1917. Joseph Reavley, a chaplain, аחԁ һіѕ sister, Judith, аח ambulance driver, аrе bone-weary аѕ tһеу аррrοасһ tһе fourth year οf tһе conflict; tһе peace οf tһе English countryside seems a world awa… More >>
At Sοmе Disputed Barricade: A Novel
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ellen
August 29, 2010 at 4:50 am
This book continues to follow the Reavleys – Matthew, Judith, and Joseph. They are all caught up in WWI – Matthew in Military Intelligence, Judith is an ambulance driver at the adjoin, and Joseph is the chaplain for the troops also at the adjoin. Their parents were murdered before the war, because they found a treaty that would make an alliance between England and Germany, making a major world power from a hatch called The Peacemaker, a man high up in the government.The first half of the book is a bit slow, but it has to, to clarify the enormity of the war and the horror and slaughter. The tale revolves around some troops who try to get their inept division leader who is causing more death and injury to his troops to stop. In an attempt to scare him into reality, these men hold a kangaroo incite, but something goes awry. It is up to Joseph to find answers and get the men back to a semblance of normalcy.
BUT the 2nd half of the book sparkles!! While Mrs. Perry show the horror on the adjoin, the filth and death and mustard gas, but she has yet to say anything about the small aces of WWI – She vividly shows us dogfights and even has Joseph take part in one – he even crosses paths with the Red Baron! The brilliance of writing takes us there on the adjoin and we feel the pain of war. There is one more book to this series, and although I am a fan of the Monk and Pitt series, I will miss this series -Perry makes a vivid picture of war.
Rating: 5 / 5
L. Rogers
August 29, 2010 at 5:07 am
Britain fought “The Fantastic War” long before the U.S. entered the fight. Ms. Perry graphically shows the horrors of trench combat. As an English and description teacher, I wish I had had a book like this available to enable me to awake in my students an interest in this part of the early 20th century. The author puts you right there with the soldiers and captures the attitudes — the glue — that held that country together. World War I was the tough-to-endure preparation that gave English men and women the stamina to withstand the continual bombings of World War II. You may feel that aspects of the book are romanticized, but no one who reads this book will fail to learn more about how the first 20 being of the last century shaped the 80 being that followed — and continues even today. This series has been an education for me. Some may find parts of it slow moving, but I have relished every word.
Rating: 5 / 5
S. Schwartz
August 29, 2010 at 6:23 am
This fourth book in Perry’s World War I series is just as excellent as the three previous. In it we continue to follow the lives of the Reavely family. Matthew is still on the trail of the “Peacemaker”, and still finds that he cannot trust anyone. Joseph is still in Flanders with his troops. But Joseph finds himself far out of his comfort zone as he really goes behind rival lines to bring some English deserters back to face a incite-martial. Judith is still driving her ambulance. The characters in this series are so very strong, as are the plots. I know that I have learned a lot about this appalling war by reading this series. The book is set in the summer of 1917, and the troops have been fighting a war that has gone on for three long being. And the death tolls for all people in this war were staggering. This is a really unforgettable series with a really unforgettable family in the centre of all this war to end all wars. We see war, death, like, intrigue, loyalty and, not only these things, but a really excellent tale that will keep your interest until the end of the series which is to be the next book. I reckon that looking back on it from this point in time, it has made me realize how very tragic this war was, and how modest it really solved.
Rating: 5 / 5
Christina Lockstein
August 29, 2010 at 6:54 am
At Some Disputed Barricade by Anne Perry is the fourth book in her World War I series. The tale features the Reavely siblings: Joseph, a chaplain with the troops in France; Matthew, working with Britain’s Secret Service, Judith, an ambulance driver, and Hannah, a modest mentioned wife of a navy captain. The first three siblings have been working for being to uncover the identity of the Peacemaker, a master manipulator who is trying to bring about peace at any cost and who killed the Reavely’s parents at the beginning of the war. This not a series you can start reading in the middle and comprehend all of the twists and turns, but the series is fantastically written with a strong eye for detail and well-described characters. Perry does an elegant job of handling the pros and cons of war. Peacemaker’s position is simple to sympathize with, but there is a cost to every war, and peace can have a heavier cost. Both Joseph and Judith struggle with cumbersome private decisions and what right loyalty means. Joseph’s faith has been wavering since the death of his wife, and the constant and senseless deaths of his men is shaking him to his core. Matthew’s life is in danger as he comes closer to the identity of the Peacemaker. Perry’s description of the French trenches is vivid and desparate; I can’t imagine how a country could renovate your health from such destruction. This series is a terrifically written study of what war does to those as well as countries. The last book in the series is coming out later this month.
Rating: 5 / 5
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August 29, 2010 at 6:54 am
Anne Perry has extra to her impressive collection of writing with this historical World War One series.
The tale of the English Reavley family is chronicled owing to the eyes of Joseph, a chaplain stationed in battle, Matthew who works in intelligence, and their sister. Judith, who is an ambulance driver. The premise is that there is a secret conspiracy to bring on peace by forging a union between England and Germany. Led by “The Peacemaker” it would undo all that has been fought for throughout the many being of war. The Reavleys must learn the identity of the man who not only threatens the nation in which they live but who was also responsible for the death of their parents.
Each book in the series develops a different storyline within the basic premise. In the forth one, At Some Disputed Barricade, Joseph must intervene when the men in his company are charged with the murder of their inept commanding officer. In the final entry, We Shall Not Sleep, Matthew is accused of a viscous crime he did not commit. The plots of each are an caught up tale that interact with the search for “The Peacemaker.” It is not necessary to read the whole series or read them in order but it would strongly add to the readers’ satisfaction and understanding of the books.
It is the writing of Anne Perry that carries this series. Her historical knowledge to be able to accurately base a fictional account within the context of a very real war is impressive. Her descriptive writing ability to described the settings, from the heat and carnage of the adjoin to the peace of the English countryside or the grimness of the cities, is outstanding. Her scenes of men living deep within in the trenches, living and fighting in mud that covered them from head to toe are as eloquent picture of hell as can be written. She again proves herself to be a master storyteller, historian and writer.
Rating: 4 / 5