1917, Lawrence and his German wife seeking refuge from the war in the idyllic setting of this small Cornish village, meet and inspire Clare, a young artist, in love with her shell-shocked cousin. But rumours of spies are rife, U-boats lurk in the Channel, tongues wag, the peacefulness of the landscape is an illusion. Dunmore writes in her usual evocative style bringing her characters, their thoughts and feelings and the paranoiac atmosphere vividly to life.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 55 Winter 2010 ) |
