Books 2009: history never goes away
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hawkwing_lbBooks 2009: 52
52. Anthony Price, Other Paths to Glory.
Another fascinating spy novel from the seventies, taking place for the most part in France, and catching up initial innocent history-of-the-Somme expert in another of David Audley's adventures. (I'm not sure "adventure" is the right word: however, it'll do.) Just complicated enough to be interesting: I'm not entirely sure I buy Mitchell's choice at the very end of the book, but it's definitely plausible.
One of the more interesting things about Price's books, so far, is the extent to which the current plot is entangled with history. In all of Price's books, so far, one of the main themes has been the fact that the past never entirely goes away, and often comes back to bite people: this, coupled with Price's interest in historical landscapes - Hadrian's Wall, Italy and Ostia Antica, the Somme, to name a few - are making these books very satisfying to me.
52. Anthony Price, Other Paths to Glory.
Another fascinating spy novel from the seventies, taking place for the most part in France, and catching up initial innocent history-of-the-Somme expert in another of David Audley's adventures. (I'm not sure "adventure" is the right word: however, it'll do.) Just complicated enough to be interesting: I'm not entirely sure I buy Mitchell's choice at the very end of the book, but it's definitely plausible.
One of the more interesting things about Price's books, so far, is the extent to which the current plot is entangled with history. In all of Price's books, so far, one of the main themes has been the fact that the past never entirely goes away, and often comes back to bite people: this, coupled with Price's interest in historical landscapes - Hadrian's Wall, Italy and Ostia Antica, the Somme, to name a few - are making these books very satisfying to me.
