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This is a beautifully crafted story, expertly interweaving the main fictional characters into the political and social mores at the time of the 1914-18 War. William Daysh has used publically available data and personal papers to tell a poignant tale of love between George Royal, a young Naval rating and Carrie, a young girl of the servant class. He contrasts this with the sugar-daddy and passionate affair between the British Prime Minister and the young and inexperienced Venetia Stanley.
George's friend Bill Guy first meets and falls in love with Carrie, but she also has eyes for George. The machinations of this triangle, interwoven with expert and vivid descriptions of sea battles… Read more
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