Starts Out Slowly
Winston’s War: A Novel of Conspiracy by Michael Dobbs starts out very slowly sounding like a history textbook with reflections not only about the First World War and the Napoleonic War but the Romans, too! The author’s bursting with facts because he’s obviously an expert about history and politics, being an actual member of the British House of Lords. Reading chapter one makes you think that the writer must be a fascinating conversationalist, making wry reflections about all sorts of battles and conflicts in England’s past. But the reader wants to start out a “novel of conspiracy” set in 1938 with a bang instead of a long flashback about the main character’s past.
Winston’s War: A Novel of Conspiracy by Michael Dobbs starts out very slowly sounding like a history textbook with reflections not only about the First World War and the Napoleonic War but the Romans, too! The author’s bursting with facts because he’s obviously an expert about history and politics, being an actual member of the British House of Lords. Reading chapter one makes you think that the writer must be a fascinating conversationalist, making wry reflections about all sorts of battles and conflicts in England’s past. But the reader wants to start out a “novel of conspiracy” set in 1938 with a bang instead of a long flashback about the main character’s past.