
The Secret Guests
A Novel
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Barrie Kreinik
"When you're done binge-watching The Crown, pick up this multifaceted wartime thriller." (Kirkus Reviews)
As London endures nightly German bombings, Britain’s secret service whisks the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret from England, seeking safety for the young royals on an old estate in Ireland.
Ahead of the German Blitz during World War II, English parents from every social class sent their children to the countryside for safety, displacing more than three million young offspring. In The Secret Guests, the British royal family takes this evacuation a step further, secretly moving the princesses to the estate of the Duke of Edenmore in “neutral” Ireland.
A female English secret agent, Miss Celia Nashe, and a young Irish detective, Garda Strafford, are assigned to watch over “Ellen” and “Mary” at Clonmillis Hall. But the Irish stable hand, the housemaid, the formidable housekeeper, the Duke himself, and other Irish townspeople, some of whom lost family to English gunshots during the War of Independence, go freely about their business in and around the great house. Soon suspicions about the guests’ true identities percolate, a dangerous boredom sets in for the princesses, and, within and without Clonmillis acreage, passions as well as stakes rise.
Benjamin Black, who has good information that the princesses were indeed in Ireland for a time during the Blitz, draws listeners into a novel as fascinating as the nascent career of Miss Nashe, as tender as the homesickness of the sisters, as intriguing as Irish-English relations during WWII, and as suspenseful and ultimately action-packed as war itself.
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I love Benjamin Black
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Long awaited new book delivers!
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Good but disappointing endin
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Nothing much ado
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during the perils of WW2 and the blitz. It was really about Ireland and the longtime
simmering problems of the IRA and resentment of the Irish against the Brits.
None of the characters were likeable.
The portrayal of the princesses was less that attractive and" Mary" (as Margaret)
at 10 years old was a BRAT. Elizabeth was portrayed as Distant and arrogant.
Having read the book written by their Nanny/governess Crawford year ago I expected
more. I will not read another book by this author.
Not as Advertised
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It was a slog to finish this with its slow pace, loose plots and underdeveloped characters. Even Barrie Kreinik’s excellent performance could not rescue this. The only other good thing is the book was short.
Think really hard before buying this
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