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THE COUNTDOWN: Our chief books critic Martin Chilton chooses his very best reads of the year, from state-of-the-nation novels to surprising memoirs
Widow's Island (French: L'île des veuves) is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Claude Heymann and starring Pierre Renoir, Marcelle Chantal and Aimé Clariond. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A separate British version of the story A Romance in Flanders was also produced, with Chantal appearing in both versions.
The Widows' Adventures received positive reviews from critics.Barbara Kingsolver of the Los Angeles Times stated “That most wonderful and increasingly rare sort of novel written by an author who loves his characters beyond measure.” [1] Hilma Wolitzer of The New York Times wrote that the novel had "quirky freshness", and calling Dickinson "a writer of uncommon interest."
Ogilvie published her first novel, High Tide at Noon in 1944, which was the first of eight novels in the Bennett's Island series. [2] She modeled the setting on Criehaven, the Maine island where she spent summers growing up. [3] Ogilvie wrote 46 adult, young adult, and children's books. [2]
The Crossroads is a three-book series of high fantasy by Kate Elliott.The story takes place in a land known as the Hundred as well as several neighbouring lands. The story revolves around a large cast of characters who struggle against a growing army that is slowly covering the land with its shadow.
The Widow's Cruise is a 1959 British detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. [1] It is the thirteenth in a series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways .
However, they wanted a fresh name unconnected with the sales figures of the previous books. Starting in 1992 under the new name of Kate Elliott, her sales have flourished. [2] The Crown of Stars series has been featured in the Science Fiction Book Club. Elliott published the first of her Jaran series in 1992, although she began the first draft ...
Maud Howe Elliott (November 9, 1854 – March 19, 1948) was an American novelist, most notable for her Pulitzer Prize-winning collaboration with her sisters, Laura E. Richards and Florence Hall, on their mother's biography The Life of Julia Ward Howe (1916).