Kate’s 2¢: “Shoulder The Sky” by Anne Perry

“Shoulder The Sky” by Anne Perry

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   I was confused by the mention of greenish poison gas, thinking she must have meant ‘brownish-yellow mustard/Sulphur gas, but, the chlorine poison gas has a greenish color. Whatever it was, it was devastating and a prime example of man’s inhumanity to man.

   This story certainly posed a moral dilemma for Reverend Joseph Reavley.  How does a priest reconcile his moral, ethical, and the reality of war when his own faith is being sorely tested?

   The ‘Peace-maker’ still hasn’t been identified or, at least, I didn’t pick up on what his name was.

   George Holmes, with his British accent does a great job of reading the story for us. On the surface, it is a great one and, looking under the narrative, you could have a great debate about the efficacy of war, to mention one under-lying topic.

From the WEB:

Anne Perry is an English author of historical detective fiction. Born in London in 1938 as Juliet Marion Hulme, she was convicted of participating in the murder of her friend’s mother in 1954 in New Zealand. She changed her name and returned to England after serving her sentence. Perry published her first novel in 1979.

Shoulder the sky: a novel DB59439

Perry, Anne. Reading time: 12 hours, 43 minutes.

Read by George Holmes. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Historical mystery fiction

Chaplain Joseph Reavley from No Graves as Yet (DB 57506) journeys to the Flanders war front in 1915 to help the wounded. When a hated military correspondent is murdered, Reavley probes into the mystery of his own parents’ deaths caused by the unknown “Peacemaker.” Some violence. 2004.

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No graves as yet: a novel of World War I DB57506

Perry, Anne. Reading time: 14 hours, 9 minutes.

Read by George Holmes. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Historical mystery fiction

Spy Stories

England; June, 1914. Reverend Joseph Reavley, a professor at Cambridge, and his brother Matthew, an intelligence officer, investigate their parents’ suspicious deaths. Their father, a former politician, had alerted them that he possessed a secret document–now missing. Meanwhile, a pacifist student at the university is murdered amidst rumors of war. 2003.

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Kate’s 2¢: “No graves as yet: a novel of World War I: by Anne Perry

“No graves as yet: a novel of World War I: by Anne Perry

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   Perry does a wonderful job of describing the flora of each scene and the changes it goes through during the various seasons.

   Her characters express their inner thoughts and feelings with almost excruciating detail.  I sometimes found myself thinking: yes. Yes, now let’s move the story  along.  But, I suppose, that is how the suspense is built up in the mystery part of this murder mystery.

   Then again, maybe it is part of the British stoicism and the “stiff upper lip”.

   George Holmes, with his British accent does a great job of reading the story for us.

From the WEB:

Anne Perry is an English author of historical detective fiction. Born in London in 1938 as Juliet Marion Hulme, she was convicted of participating in the murder of her friend’s mother in 1954 in New Zealand. She changed her name and returned to England after serving her sentence. Perry published her first novel in 1979.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

No graves as yet: a novel of World War I DB57506

Perry, Anne. Reading time: 14 hours, 9 minutes.

Read by George Holmes. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Historical mystery fiction

Spy Stories

England; June, 1914. Reverend Joseph Reavley, a professor at Cambridge, and his brother Matthew, an intelligence officer, investigate their parents’ suspicious deaths. Their father, a former politician, had alerted them that he possessed a secret document–now missing. Meanwhile, a pacifist student at the university is murdered amidst rumors of war. 2003.

Download No graves as yet: a novel of World War I

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Shoulder the sky: a novel DB59439

Perry, Anne. Reading time: 12 hours, 43 minutes.

Read by George Holmes. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Historical mystery fiction

Chaplain Joseph Reavley from No Graves as Yet (DB 57506) journeys to the Flanders war front in 1915 to help the wounded. When a hated military correspondent is murdered, Reavley probes into the mystery of his own parents’ deaths caused by the unknown “Peacemaker.” Some violence. 2004.

Downloaded: August 11, 2020

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