She is not content to stay home, find a husband and raise a family so she learns how to drive and joins the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and becomes an ambulance driver.Įdward, who previously was not much more than a spoiled aristocrat, joins the war effort in the trenches where he finds success leading a group of men. Lilly breaks with her wealthy family in order to do the work she wants to do in support of the Great War. Somewhere in France is the story of Lady Ashford (Lilly), her brother the Viscount Ashford (Edward) and his best friend Robert Fraser (Robbie). As a matter of fact I just finished it moments ago after putting aside all of the other things that I should have been doing this morning and leaving my husband to cope with the mess in the kitchen on his own. However, somewhere in France delivered a solid story. Can anything compare to our beloved Downton Abbey? I believe that I read more books set in the years surrounding the Second World War then I do set in the First World War so the time frame of Somewhere in France felt a little different to me when I first picked up the book and the claim that it would be “ especially satisfying for fans of Downton Abbey” was somehow a little off-putting to me. Somewhere in France: A Novel of the Great War by Jennifer Robson
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