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I felt it had more breadth than depth,but, to be honest and a few too many story lines and characters. There are over 1200 staff at the hotel and hence much goes on behind the scenes led by the director Maynard Charles. Being with your partner may feel like rainbows and unicorns, but that doesn't mean you have a healthy, functioning relationship. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a US Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes.
This third encounter sees du Beke maintain his authentic grasp of the period era and follows goings-on at the hotel from April 1938 to the eve of WWII, taking in the marriage of independent Lancastrian chambermaid, Nancy Nettleton, and debonair demonstration dancer, Raymond de Guise (aka Ray Cohen from Whitechapel).
Throw in a couple of love stories, some espionage, a spy (or 2) and this story has a little something for everyone. As the band strikes up in the Grand Ballroom to celebrate Nancy and Raymond's wedding, one thing is certain - this will be a Christmas to remember. I read before going to sleep and often 'have' to read one extra page or chapter - but that didnt happen with this book for me.
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The world the books are set in is a bygone era, a time of glamour and elegance, of ballrooms and romance.
When fiercely independent chambermaid Nancy Nettleton first moved to London and the Buckingham hotel, the last thing on her mind was finding love, let alone falling for the debonair demonstration dancer Raymond De Guise.
The Ballroom has just been refurbished following a fire last year - Raymond De Guise is the lead professional dancer and is very much in love with chambermaid Nancy. The fig tree is there, too, when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, when the teenagers vanish.
Whilst it may sound a little like a finalé, I’m sure our characters wouldn’t give me a moment’s peace if I didn’t continue telling their stories, especially with war drawing ever closer and lives set to change in so many ways… Here’s another spoiler: there’s still more to come! I don’t think I’m giving too much away by saying this book barrels towards a festive, celebratory climax to lift all our spirits – a Christmas to remember indeed (the title does give it away!
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