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Gabriele Wills
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My talented, supportive family, evocative places, the richness of hist...more
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Tickets are on sale for theMuskoka Boat & Heritage Centre's Fundraising Gala, June 1, 2013 - dinner, dancing, and entertainment. Come in period costume if you like!I'll be giving a brief presentation about Muskoka's Age of Elegance.Hope to see you there! For more information, visit this site -segwun.com Read more of this blog post »
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The Summer Before the Storm
— published 2006 — 3 editions |
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Elusive Dawn
— published 2008 — 2 editions |
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A Place to Call Home
— published 2003 — 3 editions |
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Moon Hall
— published 2004 |
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Under the Moon
— published 2012 — 2 editions |
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The Summer Before The Storm (Literature & Fiction)
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Book 1 of The Muskoka Novels: The Summer Before The Storm begins in 1914 in the beautiful lake district of Muskoka. It’s the Age of Elegance in the summer playground of the affluent and powerful. But their charmed lives begin to unravel with the onset of the Great War, in which many are destined to become part of the “lost generation”.
This richly textured tale takes the reader on an unforgettable journey from romantic moonlight cruises to the horrific sinking of the Lusitania, genteel Muskoka to wartime Britain, regattas on the water to combat in the skies over France, extravagant mansions to deadly trenches – from innocence to nationhood.
Elusive Dawn (Literature & Fiction)
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Book 2 in the Muskoka Novels series: Set in Canada, the U.S., France, and Britain, Elusive Dawn continues to follow the lives, loves, and fortunes of the privileged Wyndham family and their friends. While some revel in the last resplendent days of the season at their Muskoka cottage, others continue to be drawn inexorably into the “Great War”, going from a world of misty sunrises across a tranquil lake to deadly moonlight bombing raids, festering trenches, and visceral terror.
Living in the shadows of fear and danger awakens the urgency to grasp life, to live more immediately, more passionately amid the enormity of unprecedented death. Those who survive this cataclysmic time are forever changed, like Canada itself.
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"Absolutely, Dorothy! I included a chapter about the explosion in my novel, "Elusive Dawn", and it surprised me how many people said they checked the f...more
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| An interesting a tale about a German pilot who became a prisoner of war in Canada, where he formed a bond with the country that he - like 30% of the other German POWs interred there - would later call home. | |
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| Cecil Porter has written a most readable and engaging account about a prisoner of war camp in Muskoka - a legendary land of lakes and summer homes in Canada. A former TB sanatorium on the shores of Lake Muskoka was converted into a POW camp in 1940,...more | |
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| A fascinating look at the plucky women who did dangerous work during WW2 ferrying aircraft from factories to airfields across Britain. | |
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| An interesting memoir by a German soldier whose experiences as a prisoner of war in Canada during WW2 influenced him to emigrate to Canada after the war. | |
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| A fascinating account of a German prisoner's experiences in Canadian POW camps during WW2. With the excitement and anguish of repeated escape attempts and the final, mad bid for freedom, this well written memoir is easy to read and entertaining. | |
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We pick up right were the story left off at the end of The Summer Before the Storm. Now if you haven’t read the first book, then some of the information in this review may be a spoiler for you! Read with caution!
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