Tagged: Book review

The Sisters of Battle Road

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A family at war

“The Sisters of Battle Road” by J.M. Maloney (Corgi books)

When the Second World War began In September 1939, the six young Jarman sisters were among the many children quickly evacuated from their London homes – in danger of Hitler’s[…]

Book, Florence Foster Jenkins

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Murderer of music

“Florence Foster Jenkins” by Nicholas Martin and Jasper Rees (Pan Books)

“If she loves music, why does she do this,” a sufferer asked after hearing one of Florence Foster Jenkins’ catastrophic singing performances.  Jenkins herself put it another way: “People may[…]