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The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1)

Herman Wouk

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Nov 30, 2021 Book Concierge rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: england, historical-fiction, library, concierge, strong-women, world-war-ii, russia, germany, self-help, television

Book # 1 in the Henry Family saga introduces us to Commander Victor Henry, his wife Rhoda, and their children: Warren, Byron and Madeline. Victor wants a battleship, but he’s been selected to serve as Naval attache in Berlin. It’s 1937 and he’ll have a front-row seat to history.

This is a larger than life story to tell, and Wouk could not manage to finish it in just one volume (even though this book is nearly 900 pages long in original hardcover). It ends just after the Japanese attack on Pearl ...more

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Jun 30, 2019 Joanne rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction-read, jolene, own, series-finished, wwii-read

A family saga featuring Victor "Pug" Henry and his U.S. Navy family, beginning at the onset of WWII in 1939. The characters grow, the history is true to life and Wouk's storytelling will all draw you in.

Be not afraid of the size of this novel-It was my second time around with it (something I rarely do) and I still found myself reaching for it and reading a few chapters every night.

The world and the characters, and there are many, are portrayed realistically for the time period and this is some ...more

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