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 Drakὀn
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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