Jacqueline Winspear
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| Original Title: | Maisie Dobbs |
| ISBN: | 0142004332 (ISBN13: 9780142004333) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Maisie Dobbs #1 |
| Characters: | Maisie Dobbs |
| Setting: | United Kingdom |
| Literary Awards: | Barry Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2004), Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel (2004), Anthony Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2004), Dilys Award Nominee (2004), Agatha Award for Best First Novel (2003) Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel (2004), ALA Alex Award (2004) |
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Maisie Dobbs isn’t just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence—and the patronage of her benevolent employers—she works her way into college at Cambridge. When World War I breaks out, Maisie goes to the front as a nurse. It is there that she learns that coincidences are meaningful and the truth elusive. After the War, Maisie sets up on her own as a private investigator. But her very first assignment, seemingly an ordinary infidelity case, soon reveals a much deeper, darker web of secrets, which will force Maisie to revisit the horrors of the Great War and the love she left behind.Point Epithetical Books Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1)
| Title | : | Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) |
| Author | : | Jacqueline Winspear |
| Book Format | : | paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 309 pages |
| Published | : | May 25th 2004 by Penguin (first published July 1st 2003) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Audiobook |
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Ratings: 3.91 From 77181 Users | 7311 ReviewsDiscuss Epithetical Books Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1)
PERFECT AS GUNS OF AUGUSTThe first chapter of this book is perfect, just as the first paragraph of Barbara Tuchmans The Guns of August is considered by some the finest in the English language. CAME IN A DAYDREAMThe rest of Maisie Dobbs is magical too. Unlike anything I had ever read, and I was already a veteran of historical fiction reads when I opened the first pages, which came to the author in a daydream when she was sitting at a stoplight in a storm in California.NONPAREILThe uniqueI think this book is good enough to re-read. I will then provide a proper review while I drink a nice cuppa!!I have finished for the second time... I hope I don't disappoint; I am drinking a cuppa wine, not tea!!I have many favorite male heroes. Maisie Dobbs is my first female heroine... at least in recent memory **. Jacqueline Winspear has crafted a character, who, when she dies, will go to heaven and be declared a saint. As you can tell, I LOVE Maisie Dobbs. Her mentor, Maurice Blanche, comes
I've enjoyed all four books to date in the Maisie Dobbs series. Winspear is meticulous about doing her homework about the period in question (World War I and its aftermath), and the heroine, Maisie is muy simpática.That said, not all four books are of equal quality. For my taste, this one (#1) is the best of the bunch, with #4 (Messenger of Truth) close on its heels. The plot to #2 was a bit too predictable, while #3 suffers from the opposite flaw - too many convoluted subplots, with a little
Well. This was a waste of time. I don't think there was an aspect of this book I did not hate. Starting from the holier-than-thou main character, to the non-existent mystery, to the amazing (not) resolution of the non-mystery, to the abrupt hundred pages worth of tedious flashback in the middle of the mystery; everything bothered me. So. Maisie Dobbs is a private eye. She was a housemaid once, but it turned out that she was one of nature's rare prodigies, reading Latin by candlelight. Her
I enjoyed this so much I barely care about some of the faults it has. Excellent experience.
I picked up Maisie Dobbs from the library upon the rec. of my GR friend Carol, and have to say that this initial entry marks what may prove to be one of the cleverest mystery series since Dorothy Gilman brought the retired and intrepid Mrs. Pollifax to life back in the 1960s. (For more on Mrs. Pollifax, see The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax)Don't go into reading Maisie Dobbs with any preconceived ideas about what you'll find there. Yes, it's a mystery -- somewhat. Yes, it's a historical novel --
A neighbor recommended Jacqueline Winspears Maisie Dobbs as one of the best books shes read. The book cover boasts quotes from The New York Times (Be prepared to be astonished), NPR (A quirky literary creation), and Alexander McCall Smith ([A:] real gift). Naturally, I had high expectations.Maisie Dobbs is a detective and self-proclaimed psychologist in post-WWI London, and the novel splits its time between a case and detailing Maisies background. Only half the book is a mystery as Maisie
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