The Milliner's Secret
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (534 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B011VUZYKI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 397 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Impeccable research and good story An enjoyable read. Part 1 to part 3 are pre-war Paris, with a brief background of the heroine in England. I found it a bit slow but it gives a good picture of fashions and rivalries. Then follows Paris during the German Occupation and the meat of the story. Very well docume. Kindle Customer said A story so vivid you will see it all. As an avid reader I enjoy most books I pick up, rarely do I find one I love, and even less often do I find one that I give five stars to. This story had me from the start and I actually couldn't put it down, truly I stayed up through the night reading finishing at six a.m. . Long but detailed read I would give this novel 5 stars but it was just so long and drawn out that I had to dock it a bit. Normally, I love a long, well-developed novel, but this was just so much back-and-forth by the main characters that it was hard to be completely immersed in it. Sometimes, the
When the Nazis invade, the influence of a high-ranking lover protects her business. June 1940. Londoner Cora Masson has reinvented herself as Coralie de Lirac, using a false claim to aristocratic birth to launch herself as a fashionable milliner. As Paris, the City of Light, approaches its darkest hour, a young woman treads the line between survival and collaboration. But the cruel demands of war - and of love - cannot be kept at bay forever. Soon Coralie must find the courage to do what's necessary to protect her friends, her freedom and everything she believes in.