![]() ![]() Libraries with the first audiobook will want to add this fine sequel to their collection. ![]() Being chased by Nazis adds palpable tension to the story and the ending is satisfying. Michelle Cooper combines the drama of pre-War Europe with the romance of debutante balls and gives us another compelling historical page turner.Sophia FitzOsborne and the royal family of Montmaray escaped their remote island home when the Germans attacked, and now find themselves in the lap of luxury. ![]() Emma Bering's elegant English accent infuses the quirky family with warmth and humor. ![]() The teens decide to petition the League of Nations for censure of the Nazi take-over of Montmaray and find themselves trying to outwit Nazi enemies who want the kingdom for strategic reasons. The political situation of 1937 soon impacts the family. Through it all, 16-year-old Sophie records family events both large and small, but fails to comprehend that she is the glue that keeps them all together. Henrietta visits Buckingham Palace and manages to make herself persona non grata, and Veronica offers up Aunt Charlotte's home to children fleeing the Spanish Civil War. Toby, hating school, is sent down from Oxford. At first Sophie revels in the luxury of England with beautiful clothes, servants, and balls. The story picks up after Montmaray was attacked by the Nazis and Sophie, her brother Toby, her sister Henrietta, and her cousin Veronica flee the tiny island kingdom to the safety of England and their wealthy Aunt Charlotte. Gr 7-10-Sophie Fitzosborne and the rest of her small royal family return in Michelle Cooper's sequel (2011) to A Brief History of Montmaray (2009, both Knopf). ![]()
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