Falling Angels

This book grabbed me from the very first page. Set at the turn of the century, the story takes place amidst the women's suffrage movement. Gender issues are also noted, whereas the man was the head of the household and "handled" the wife. Each character speaks individually, allowing the reader to lis......more

Chevalier’s second novel shifts from 17th-century Delft to London between the deaths of Queen Victoria and Edward VII. A lot of the action takes place in a cemetery, much like Highgate, populated by some 30 angel monuments, one of which eventually topples. The title presumably also refers to some of......more

Well I thought it would be difficult to make another book as good as the The Girl with the Pearl Earring which was superb. Don’t get me wrong this was still a great book. Simple story focusses on two families and their daughters in the period from the day of Queen Victoria’s death to that of the Kin......more

When I picked the book I was intrigued by the time period and the vehicle of using several characters and their point of view to narrate the story. I read “Girl with the Pearl Earring” which I liked very much and thought the author did a marvelous job researching the period and bringing the time per......more

Victorians were obsessed with death and sex. This book opens with the death of Queen Victoria, and ends with the death of King Edward, placing it squarely in Edwardian times, but the Victorian obsessions of death and sex are the two themes of this novel, pushing and pulling each other forward to mod......more