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Charlie's War
by: David Fiddimore

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780330446563
ISBN: 0330446568
Label: Pan Books
Manufacturer: Pan Books
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: December 01, 2006
Publisher: Pan Books
Studio: Pan Books
Sales Rank: 64918

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- I enjoyed this book
I really enjoyed this book. It seemed, in some ways less focussed than it's prequel, Tuesday's War, but it talked about the chaos, destruction and horror of Europe in early 1945 without being overwhelming and depressing. Some of the humour in it was a bit trite and there were some future-echoes, which always annoy me in historical novels, like lots of catchprases of the later 20th century being used, then noted in a little book by one of the characters.

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- Fiddimore comes up trumps again!
Wow, just like Tuesdays child, i could not put this book down. Charlie has now gone over to France to bring back Grace Baker and her baby (the father could be one of many). He travels over with a major and a sargeant driver called Les.By this time Charlie has been promoted to an Officer. The book is shocking in parts but the humour is once again top class. If you read this book, you will know what i mean, especially the part where the soldier in the field hospital holds up the medical staff with a gun because his leg has been amputated. Not funny at all in reality but David has a way of seeing the funny side of everything. Like he says, you had to have a funny sense of humour during the war. If you loved Tuesdays Child, you will love this just ... Read More:

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- Making the best of war
I have read both novels by David Fiddimore, unfortunately I managed to read them out of sequence, though this did not affect my enjoyment of this novel and Tuesday's Child.

Tuesday's Child had you living with the Lanc's crew and the feeling of trepidation with each `mission' had you concerned, possibly material for a good TV drama if done correctly.

When reading Charlie's War you could think that some of the situations maybe far fetched but after doing additional research you discover life is stranger than fiction.

The young man sent on a mission just before the end of the war in Europe and his reaction to the characters he meets and the situations he encounters make you think how you would have reacted. ... Read More:

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- Excellent!!
I read Tuesday's War and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was expected much of the same with Charlie's War but it is completely different. However, different in a good way. This book is solely about a journey made by Charlie and two intelligence people through France, Belgium and Germany right at the tail end of the war. Charlie has been dispatched to find and return his pregnant girlfriend Grace from Europe. Her parents are wealthy and have the ear of Churchill so pull strings to bring this about. The book is as much about the relationships between the three traveling companions and their respective ranks as the search for Grace. Of course there is much adventure and subterfuge along the way. I highly recommend this book. It is nearly 500 pages long but ... Read More:

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- Well done Fiddimore!
Have to admit that before I read the first book I was a bit put off by the Richard and Judy thing but despie that I enjoyed the book enormously! I have to say though that this second book is even better and I couldn't put it down. Indeed I almost missed my flight back from Geneva yesterday as I was so engrossed! Excellent - I would highly recommend it...

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