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Bezig met laden... My home in the field of honourdoor Frances Wilson Huard
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Nothing, I think, could have been farther from thoughts than the idea of war. Our May Wilson Preston, the artist; Mrs. Chase, the editor of a well-known woman's magazine; Hugues Delorme, the French artist; and numerous other guests, discussed the theatre and the "Caillaux case" from every conceivable point of view, and their conversations were only interrupted by serious attempts to prove their national superiority at bridge, and long delightful walks in the park. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This book was published in 1916, before the war ended. We can look back now and know that the Allies won World War I. It’s fascinating to get a look at the village, estate, events and times through the eyes of a person who lived it. Madame Huard notes the wartime atrocities during her time away from her estate, but uses euphemistic language and glosses over the details.
As I read I noticed two things particularly: communication about events was pretty slow, and so people didn’t really know what was going on until they were in the thick of it. For example, Madame Huard doesn’t know the British have soldiers in France until she meets them while fleeing. (She helps translate for them.) The second thing was that there were many references to the Franco-Prussian war (1870-1871), which would have been in living memory at the time Madame Huard wrote her memoir.
This book was good reading. If you read it, have your encyclopedia handy. There are many geographical and political references that make more sense with a bit more background information. ( )