Tale 8 from The Secrets of Castle Drakon by Hannah Warren
Historical – WWI – this is the tale of headstrong Elle, her
twin brother Jacques, and Agnes, the ethereal Swedish beauty adopted by her French
stepfather. Castle de Drakα½n
brings them together, first as teenagers, with disastrous results when both
brother and sister fall in love with Agnes, and then later when the old chateau
is transformed into a war hospital and Agnes is a doctor, Jacques the
administrator and Elle an ambulance driver often at the front to collect the
wounded.
A beautifully composed story of history, turmoil, suffering
and also hope set in the beautiful French countryside, a country torn when war
comes. I am in awe of Hannah’s ability to take the reader into another era, to
experience it as if we are right there. Absolutely brilliant. Very well done.
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