tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post2001076069181979299..comments2024-03-28T08:45:25.312-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: A Fine Summer's Day by Charles Todd: A reviewDorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-4871357041952543522017-11-10T13:08:46.138-06:002017-11-10T13:08:46.138-06:00Ah, the infamous "white feather" brigade...Ah, the infamous "white feather" brigade, women pushing men to enlist. Little did they know what they were sending those men into. In 1914, they thought it was all a grand adventure that would be over by Christmas. Four years later, over nine million combatants and seven million civilians were dead and the faces of Europe and the Middle East were changed and not really in a good way.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-20083926770725613692017-11-10T11:39:00.829-06:002017-11-10T11:39:00.829-06:00The historical aspect to this one appeals to me. T...The historical aspect to this one appeals to me. The fiancee pushing him to enlist reminds me of how I learned about that emphasis on calling men who did not enlist cowards in the first Maisie Dobbs book. (Awkward sentence, that, but I am still on my morning coffee.)Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-72702854839419719872017-11-10T09:58:45.565-06:002017-11-10T09:58:45.565-06:00I'm nearing the end of the series. I think the...I'm nearing the end of the series. I think there may be only a couple more left, but the writing team that is Charles Todd publishes a new one just about every year so there's always that to look forward to.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-59709167045846210732017-11-10T07:10:15.155-06:002017-11-10T07:10:15.155-06:00I'm glad you reunited with this literary frien...I'm glad you reunited with this literary friend yet again. ;-)Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.com