The reader cannot help loving both of them for their idealism and their honesty. Both Isabel and Sydney are strong protagonists, each with complicated pasts but each also very forward-thinking. This is a beautifully orchestrated novel, with suspenseful subplots and many amusing and colorful characters that draw the reader in and keep the pages turning. Will the Lusitania make it through war zone waters safely? They are all entwined by the voyage of the Lusitania, which is to carry Brooke, Sydney and Edward to England where Brooke and Edward are to marry. Across the ocean, Sydney begins as a headstrong suffragette, much to the chagrin of her sister, Brooke, who just needs Sydney to tone it down so as not to scare away Brooke’s fiancee Edward. Isabel is a woman hell-bent on reinventing herself as a decoder for the war effort for Britain during the second World War.
This is a gorgeous work of historical fiction that is a new addition to my “Must Read” list.
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