Jul. 23rd, 2016

feather_ghyll: Girl reading a book that is resting on her knees (Default)
A book-related post!

It’s perhaps unfair to compare these two children’s books about two civil wars, but I read them quite close to each other, so the comparison came readily. Irene Hunt wrote ‘Across Five Aprils’ about the American civil war, as experienced by one Jethro Creighton, while Dorothea Moore (whom I've never posted about here before although I have copies of her books) wrote ‘Perdita, Prisoner of War’ - yes, I admit the title made me grab for it – about Perdita Eynescliffe’s experiences in the English civil war.

I say it’s unfair to compare them chiefly because Read more... )

Profile

feather_ghyll: Girl reading a book that is resting on her knees (Default)
feather_ghyll

September 2025

S M T W T F S
 123 4 56
7 8910111213
14 15161718 1920
21 222324252627
282930    

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Sep. 22nd, 2025 10:47 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios