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Tightrope, by Simon Mawer
We called World War I the war to end all wars. World War II claimed even more lives and still haunts us. One would think that we’d have had enough of war. The protagonist of Simon Mawer’s historical thriller, Tightrope, certainly thought so. It frustrates and terrifies Marian Sutro to find that, after all she went through to help the Allies during World War II to defeat the Nazis, England is gearing up for another war with the Soviets. Tightrope is a portrait of a woman who uses skills gained in harrowing circumstances to try and alter global events...
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from Edelweiss for review consideration.
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