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\n Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n by Rumer Godden<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy opens as Lise Fanshawe is released from a French prison, where she\'s served a sentence for murder. Who she murdered and why we don\'t find out till quite near the end of the novel though we rapidly narrow it d...\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n $\"War$ <\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n War of Attrition: Fighting the First World War<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n by William Philpott<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n I picked this book up because I was very, very impressed with Philpott\'s book Three Armies on the Somme, and from the title, blurb and table of contents I was expecting a book focused on the strategy and tactics of attritional warfare. \n...\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n The Return of the King<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n by J.R.R. Tolkien<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n I wrapped up my re-read of Lord of the Rings with Return of the King, listening to Robert Inglis\'s superb audiobook performance until after one day\'s commute home listening I couldn\'t wait for the next day to get the last two hours, so I...\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n The Caine Mutiny<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n by Herman Wouk<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n The Caine Mutiny, published in 1951, is the most famous novel by Herman Wouk, who himself served on a destroyer mine sweeper (the same class of ship as the fictional Caine in the novel) during World War II. It follows the experiences of ...\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n The Fortune of War<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n by Patrick O\'Brian<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n Another delightful Aubrey/Maturin novel. Jack and Stephen are shipwrecked and barely managed to stay alive with the crew of their lifeboat, desperately short of water and food, until they\'re picked up by another ship. They\'re only just r...\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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