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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book with WWI background,
By SusieQ (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Now, God Be Thanked (Mass Market Paperback)
I've read a fair amount of novels that use WWI and the English aristocracy as a plot point. And so many of them are sentimental drivel. But as of this date, I can safely say that "Now God Be Thanked" is frankly one of the best novels I've ever read, as well as one of the best at using the carnage and the changes wrought by WWI on England as its theme. The basic plot interweaves the stories of two English families, the Rowlands and the Strattons, and how the war is a force of change in all their lives, but it's so much more than just that. It has all the emotional power of the old TV series, "Upstairs Downstairs" but I'm not comparing it to that; it's vastly deeper & richer. This is the first book of a trilogy by John Masters and it ends in December, 1915. I can only say that I am eager to find the other two books in the trilogy and find out the futures of all these characters, though I can imagine most will be heartbreaking, particularly for the young men...I was especially impressed with the fact that Masters balanced such a large canvas of characters; every one is given his or her chance and we come to know them -- NOT a light read, very involving & thought-provoking.
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Now, God Be Thanked by John Masters (Paperback - 1979)
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