The Undertaking
Product available on: 01/10/2014
Price: £19.98
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The Undertaking
wow... so I'm not sure how comfortable I am saying that I liked this book.... Liked really isn't a word I would use to describe my feelings while reading i... READ MORE
A clever view from the other side
So often in Britain we read stories based during WW2 from the perspective of the British or Americans. This story is told from the opposing side and it rea... READ MORE
Publisher information
- Publisher: Bolinda Publishing
- ISBN: 9781486210794
- Languages: English
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Thought-provoking
I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Undertaking. I read it very quickly, partly because of the uncomplicated language but also because I was swept along with ... READ MORE
learning the hard way
An austere novel, dealing with loyalty to country and ‘Führer’ and loyalty to family and friends. Unfortunately family and friends are most frequently lose... READ MORE
Thought provoking and emotional
I whizzed through this book as it's very easy to read and written in a 'simple' style, made up mainly of dialogue between the characters.
The book deals w... READ MORE
harrowing and horrific in equal measures
The novel begins and ends with a marriage of convenience: Peter Faber marries a woman he has never met to allow him leave from the army for a ‘honeymoon’ a... READ MORE
Stunning Debut Novel
For German soldiers, serving on the Eastern Front, the opportunity of marrying a girl back home gives them 'honeymoon' leave. For the girl he marries - a w... READ MORE
Thought provoking and emotional
I whizzed through this book as it's very easy to read and written in a 'simple' style, made up mainly of dialogue between the characters.
The book deals w... READ MORE