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A review by bluefairybug
The English Wife by Anna Stuart
emotional
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I feel like I should start this review by saying "we all know all about Sir Winston Churchill, but we know much less about his wife Clementine" but in actual fact I don't know much about Churchill, other than him being Prime Minister during World War II and then again in the 1950s (?). I know that he led a Tory government and liked cigars. So I feel that by reading The English Wife, I've gotten to know him a little better too. Although officially fiction, this book is deeply rooted in historical fact, and many of the events depicted really did take place. The historical notes at the end lay out clearly what is fact and what is fiction.
It seems that Clementine was a truly remarkable woman, and I hope that her strength and forward thinking becomes better known.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable read. I loved the friendship between Clementine and Jenny, and the dual narrative telling from these two strong women worked so well.
This book is technically part of a series, but as far as I can work out they are books with similar themes and some of the same characters, and as such can be read as standalone books, or in any order. I haven't read the other book in this duo (The President's Wife) but will be adding it to my TBR.
It seems that Clementine was a truly remarkable woman, and I hope that her strength and forward thinking becomes better known.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable read. I loved the friendship between Clementine and Jenny, and the dual narrative telling from these two strong women worked so well.
This book is technically part of a series, but as far as I can work out they are books with similar themes and some of the same characters, and as such can be read as standalone books, or in any order. I haven't read the other book in this duo (The President's Wife) but will be adding it to my TBR.