I'm currently reading CIRCLES OF TIME by Phillip Rock. This is 2nd of the Greville Family trilogy sent around WWI. Here is a description:
A generation has been lost on the Western Front. The dead have been buried, a harsh peace forged, and the howl of shells replaced by the wail of saxophones as the Jazz Age begins. But ghosts linger—that long-ago golden summer of 1914 tugging at the memory of Martin Rilke and his British cousins, the Grevilles. From the countess to the chauffeur, the inhabitants of Abingdon Pryory seek to forget the past and adjust their lives to a new era in which old values, social codes, and sexual mores have been irretrievably swept away. Martin Rilke throws himself into reporting, discovering unsettling political currents, as Fenton Wood-Lacy faces exile in faraway army outposts. Back at Abingdon, Charles Greville shows signs of recovery from shell shock and Alexandra is caught up in an unlikely romance. Circles of Time captures the age as these strongly drawn characters experience it, unfolding against England's most gracious manor house, the steamy nightclubs of London's Soho, and the despair of Germany caught in the nightmare of anarchy and inflation. Lives are renewed, new loves found, and a future of peace and happiness is glimpsed—for the moment.
Published in 1981, it has 448 pages. This is probably a must-read for Downton Abbey fans.
Turner Classic Movie channel celebrates its 20th anniversary on Monday. In honor of it they are showing fabulous classic movies, the best of the best, all day long: Casablanca, Citizen Kane, It Happened One Night, The Maltese Falcon, Gone with the Wind, Singing in the Rain, Mildred Pierce, Gaslight, Meet Me in St Louis, The Petrified Forest and The Adventures of Robin Hood. I understand the actually anniversary is Monday, but REALLY? They couldn't do this on Sunday when most people are home and could enjoy some of them? Bah.
And of course, there's nothing on TV tonight.
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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