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Judy
Aug 25, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
I decided to start reading this great First World War novel after seeing the start of the BBC adaptation, but then became caught up by the book and fell behind with watching the TV version. It's a hard book to describe, the tale of an upper-class English family falling apart in and around the war. In particular, it is the tale of the 'Last Tory', Christopher Tietjens, the two women in his life, wife Sylvia and true love Valentine, and his struggle to stay true to his stubborn traditions as the w ...more
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Apr 10, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Jan 29, 2019 marked it as tbr-wccls
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Phoebe
Mar 25, 2023 marked it as to-read
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