false 42986 15 These two classic works capture the tide of world events even as they unfold the compelling tale of a single North American family drawn into the very center of the wars maelstrom. These two multimillion-copy bestsellers capture all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of the Second World War. 376293 1971 War and Remembrance total:1544|5:664|4:582|3:258|2:37|1:3| 1544 6499 1925 110 4 2 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Mar 03 14:24:20 -0800 2007 Sat Mar 03 14:31:37 -0800 2007 The Winds of War and War and Remembrance. Together they follow the experience and growth of Victor Henry, a U.S. Navy Officer, his family, and the many people they meet (American and otherwise) in the great events of that global conflict...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Mar 01 18:16:17 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 01 18:21:32 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jul 30 06:51:20 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 06:56:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 19:26:06 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 20:02:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 28 17:50:15 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 17:55:28 -0800 2008
Victor travels to different parts of the world (Germany, Britian)and provides the President his feedback on the way the war is going in d...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 06:18:45 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 06:22:44 -0700 2009
Having said that, I will admit that this book is fairly depressing (especially compared to Winds of War which precluded it. BUT, it is about WWII and the holoc...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Feb 21 13:01:48 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 13:07:07 -0800 2009
Historical fi...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 11:04:19 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 07:50:18 -0700 2009 War and Remembrance picks up where WThe Winds of War left off. I suppose you could read them separately, but I don't know why you'd want to. It is a lot of pages to read, but they're all so absorbing that you don't realize you've read almost 2,000 pages until you're done.

If anything, WW...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1981 Tue May 19 11:37:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 13:32:46 -0700 2009 The Winds of War left off, with the opening chapter entitled "Where is Natalie Henry?" Natalie's adventures through war-torn Europe, especially in the so-called "paradise ghetto," of Thresienstadt in Czechoslovakia (really just a nasty concentration...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 11 21:53:30 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 26 15:31:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 07 06:39:32 -0800 2008 Fri May 16 08:04:09 -0700 2008 Marjorie Morningstar, another Herman Wouk book when I was in 7th grade and absolutely ate it up. So I was surprised to find that an author who so accurately connected to a young, rather spoiled, and dreamy teenage girl could also pull me into a tome on World War II.

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Read Winds of War last summer and this story follows the Henry family through WWII. It is a story in itself and it is not necessary to read WoW to understand Wa...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 12 11:06:29 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 11:15:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Fri Nov 14 22:47:30 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 05:01:20 -0800 2008 3 times US Naval Captain Victor Henry was actually hoping to soon command a battle ship when h...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Mon Apr 27 15:06:25 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 15:07:39 -0700 2009
It can be very chilling: the Nazis, and their helpers, were barbarians and inhumane. I've seen the mini-series, and I can't stand to see Na...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 20 11:29:36 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 11:36:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 06 18:03:36 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 18:05:56 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Mon Feb 02 17:36:54 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 17:38:34 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 12:15:53 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 12:18:33 -0700 2009