At the Going Down of the Sun [Hardcover]

Elizabeth Darrell (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 498 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Pr (March 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312059043
• ISBN-13: 978-0312059040
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,068,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good read with something to say, April 11, 2000

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This review is from: At the Going Down of the Sun (Hardcover)

Stories set in the war times often fall into the trap of cliche and romantisism. Darell's novel " At the going down of the Sun" focuses itself on the lives of three very different brothers, each involved in the war in some way and each having their lives altered as a result of that experience. It is a book that I found difficult to put down because of its intense realism. It was a story that took me right into the lives of the brothers but more than that I could actually relate as a human being to the characters in the book and this pays tribute to the skill with which the author portrays the family.

At no stage is their a hint of unoriginality. Rather than discuss the war itself it focuses on the impact of the war on peoples relationships although I did feel that at times more could have been put into the emotions and struggle of the inter-battle that each of the brothers had to fight. It has something for everyone. Love stories, grit and adventure. I loved this book and the way Darell told the untold story of the Great War.