The Wild Rose Paperback Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Donnelly Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1401307477 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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"...enjoy the ride: 600-plus pages of romance, harrowing exploits, cinematic backdrops, cliffhangers, and plot twists."—
Publishers WeeklyAbout the Author
Jennifer Donnelly is the author of The Tea Rose, The Winter Rose, the children's book A Northern Light, and a young adult novel, Revolution. She lives in Tivoli, New York, with her husband and daughter.
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- Paperback: 640 pages
- Publisher: Hyperion (May 22, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1401307477
- ISBN-13: 978-1401307479
- Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Like many other fans of Jennifer Donnelly I have been anxiously awaiting the release of this third and final installment of the Rose trilogy.
I've read and enjoyed all of Jennifer Donnelly's novels and this one is no exception. I read 'The Tea Rose' and 'The Winter Rose' back in 2007 so to refresh my memory before I picked up the conclusion to the trilogy I read a bit of the ending from 'Winter Rose'. I loved the Winter Rose and count it among my all time favorite books.
This was an action packed adventure of an ending. We are reunited with characters we loved from 'The Winter Rose'; Fiona Finnegan, her husband Joe Bristow the honorable member of parliament, Fiona's brother Seamus Finnegan world renown polar explorer, the beloved but estranged Willa Alden, as well as the reformed Sid Malone and his wife Dr. India Selwyn Jones.
Donnelly also introduces us to some new characters, teacher Jennie Wilcott and her father Reverend Wilcott, Gladys Bigelow one of the success stories from Jennie's school and Max von Brandt, Harriet Hatcher's cousin who also happens to be a German spy.
The Prologue takes place in 1913, the story itself begins in 1914, the Epilogue is set in 1919. World War I is a prominent feature in the novel and Donnelly works Lawrence of Arabia very neatly into her story. Reunions with notorious crime lord Billy Madden and drug dealer Teddy Ko yield suspenseful results that keep the pages turning.
I enjoyed the conclusion to the story of the Finnegan clan and those who are near and dear to them. I found this an engrossing and quick read, I finish all six hundred plus pages in two days. I would have liked a little bit more character development with some of the more central characters.
This is a book worth waiting a little for. I've been a fan of Jennifer Donnelly's book for some time and was pleased to be given an opportunity to read "The Wild Rose" early. The plot begins as the 19th century was drawing to a close and the chaos of World War I was just beginning. It's a love story as well as a cautionary history lesson. Thanks to historical fiction I have become interested in this period of history - which in the past had never held much interest for me. It truly was a Golden Age before the war split Europe apart and wreaked so much havoc in the lives of so many millions of people. So may lives were lost, so many dreams shattered.
"The Wild Rose" is a very well written book that is replete with intricate sub-plots and complex, well crafted, characters whose relationships cross and re-cross each other....all seamlessly presented and extremely readable.
The book follows the lives of a group of relatively upper crust Londoner's and the places that are highlighted in the book are Britain, France and the sands of Arabia. Some famous people are portrayed including Willa Alden who is based on the famous heroine, "Desert Queen", Gertrude Bell. Spotlighted is Willa's relationship with Lawrence of Arabia and her love of Seamus Finnegan. Willa is portrayed as a strong minded, self directed and thoroughly un-Victorian female while Seamus Finnegan (Seamie) is part of a well know British family who shares a love for mountainous adventures. Their love that was passionate, complicated, and star crossed. It would take pages to simply describe the complicated relationship that they shared.
Although there are many pages in this book I found that it read quickly. I was fascinated by Ms.
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