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by Piers Paul Read (Author)
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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix; New edition edition (1 Aug 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0753813505
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753813508
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 335,600 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A haunting love story played out against the turbulent backdrop of World War One - the story of a strong, independently-minded woman caught between two men and of lovers forced apart by their different social backgrounds and the terrible circumstances of war.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good book to read on a lazy Sunday, 31 Dec 2001
By KimGM "KGM" (Stockholm, Sweden) - See all my reviews
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I began reading Alice in Exile this morning and finished it a few minutes ago so I'd say that makes it a good lazy Sunday book. The story of Alice and Edward and what inevitably separates them is quite good, though I wish there were more details to fill in some of the gaps. Edward gave up a bit too easily for me and there were times when I felt that his character wasn't as well-developed as Alice's.

Alice's exile in Russia is interesting and exciting. Again, though, there were details that I felt were missing. For example, we never really see Alice interacting with her son, which seems a bit odd since we are told how much she loves him. Also, her epeiphany of her love for Rettenberg seems to come out of left field. And the summing up that we get in the epilogue was too pat. I would have liked to see more of Alice and Edward's reunion instead.

Still, it was a good book for a snowed-in Sunday, and if you like historical fiction, you're in for a treat.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad could have tried harder, 14 Dec 2004
By A. Gordon "annettego" (London) - See all my reviews
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This was a good read, but... much of the emotional core of the book was skated over. The author did an awful lot of telling you how his characters felt instead of showing you and that's where it became a lesser book to me. A good story, lots of historical detail, strong narrative drive but it is almost as though the writer was rushing to finish writing the book. Essentially the book doesn't create situations where you can feel or experience the emotions of the lead characters instead you are told. In places it was almost like a piece of journalism rather than a novel.
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