A warm and engrossing tale of passion and courage. I loved it’ Rachel Hore, bestselling author of A Beautiful Spy Her latest book, The Tuscan Contessa, marks a new departure for Dinah as it’s her first set in Europe.

Daughters of War: the most spellbinding escapist historical Daughters of War: the most spellbinding escapist historical

Dinah Jefferies has done it again, the book is well written and I'm so excited that it’s part of a series, and I can’t wait until the next book is published and discover what else happens to Helene, Elise and Florence and especially after France has been liberated by the American's. I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and HarperCollins UK, in exchange for an honest review, if you like WW II Historical Fiction and I highly recommend Daughters of War and five stars from me. The plot is quite fast paced and races along with the dramas of ordinary daily life under German occupation, and as the war continues and France’s liberation seems unlikely, family secrets are exposed (no spoilers here, but they are !!!) and the bonds between the sisters are severely tested. The descriptions of the French countryside are beautiful, and the detailed insights into the characters feelings and uncertainty draws you in as you experience what everyday life would have been like during such an uncertain time. The author has quite the gift for understanding and translating human nature into the written word. There are no one-dimensional characters here, they are all completely fleshed-out and realistic. timpul celui de-al Doilea Razboi Mondial, într-un sat din Franța ocupată de naziști trei surori luptă cu toate armele să supraviețuiască ororilor războiului, cu speranța unui viitor diferit. I loved everything about it, the setting, the characters, the plot. I’ve been on holiday to the Dordogne a couple of times, so I could imagine the landscape quite easily, especially when I recognised place names in the story. Emily Ratajkowski: {Huffington Post|url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/erdogans-big-new-york-week-ends-not-with-a-bang-but-a-whimper_n_57e5993ce4b0e28b2b54153f%7Cdate=April [ permanent dead link] 2020}}Helene has had to be mother and father to her sisters since their mother left them there for England seven years earlier. Unable to return to England, the sisters make a life for themselves. Their lives seem far removed from the actual front line, yet all of their lives will be touched and changed by the war. In 1985, the sudden death of Dinah Jefferies’ fourteen year old son brought her life to a standstill. She drew on that experience, and on her own childhood spent in Malaya during the 1950s to write her debut novel, The Separation. The guns piled high on the hall table when the rubber planters came into town for a party, the colour and noise of Chinatown, the houses on stilts, and the lizards that left their tails behind. Mitchell, Robert (25 August 2017). "Turkey Selects True-Life Drama 'Ayla' as Foreign-Language Oscar Entry". Variety . Retrieved 27 August 2017.

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If this is an era and locale you are partial to you will find the book a wonderfully absorbing read - sisters struggling to make sense of themselves and their place in life while under Nazi occupation. With the three varied narrations, Dinah provides three different perspectives of the impact of the war and the occupation of their village. Dinah has done her research as the horrors of war are very real and confronting. This is classic Dinah Jefferies with the evocative and rich descriptions and sense of place that you feel a part of the village yourself. Dinah Jefferies woont momenteel terug in Groot-Brittannië, maar ze werd geboren in Maleisië en woonde daar tot ze acht werd. Ze heeft nog steeds een grote liefde voor Azië wat zich uit in haar boeken. Vandaar dat ik ook fan van haar werk ben. Met Dochters van de Dordogne richt ze zich op een andere regio, namelijk Frankrijk ten tijde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Het is bovendien het eerste deel van een trilogie. I really liked the three sisters, motherly Helene, feisty Elise and Florence the youngest and most naive sister. I enjoyed following their different stories and loved how their characters developed throughout the story, especially when secrets are revealed and they are drawn into extremely difficult situations. Postcard details: Access The BookTrail’s Map of Locations and travel guide here More books set in France BookTrail Boarding Pass: Daughters of WarAlthough Dinah and her husband spent five wonderful years living in a small 16th Century village in the Sierra de Aracena in Northern Andalusia, she’s happy to say they now live close to her family in Gloucestershire along with two crazy Maine Coon cats. Centraal in Dochters van de Dordogne staat de relatie van de drie zussen onderling en hoe ze proberen te overleven tijdens de barre oorlogsjaren. Dinah Jefferies heeft oog voor de omgeving en heeft dan ook veel aandacht aan de setting van haar verhaal. De vele dorpjes in de Dordogne met hun oude huisjes en de prachtige omliggende natuur worden op een beeldende manier omschreven. Het lijkt wel alsof je er zelf in ronddwaalt samen met de hoofdpersonages. Via Hélène en Elise, beide stadsmensen, wandelen we doorheen de smalle straatjes en zien we de oude traditionele winkeltjes, smidse, herberg,… Florence houdt van de natuur en gelooft in de elfjes die in de bossen wonen, via haar zal de lezer zien hoe mooi de natuur van de Dordogne is. Men appear in and out of their lives and over a course mere hours these supposedly independent living ladies form such strong attachments to these men that they are suddenly incapable of thinking about anything else. The author really did the sisters a disservice by reducing them to bags of emotions that can only be soothed by the presence of a man. Hélène, Elise and Florence are three sisters living together with the uncertainty and terror of occupation, and being the eldest, Hélène sees it as her job to keep her sisters safe. However, that becomes increasingly difficult as the Allies come seeking their help.