Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
I haven't done a Teaser Tuesday post for a couple of weeks because I was away last week! This week my teaser comes from page 269 of Winston's War by Michael Dobbs. When I tell you that this book is about Winston Churchill and WWII, the following two sentences are not exactly spoilers given that it is from the historical record.This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government a final note stating that, unless we heard from them by eleven o'clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us.
I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently, this country is at war with Germany.
By the way, over at Historical Tapestry we are giving away 10 copies of Lady Vernon and her Daughter, A novel of Jane Austen's Lady Susan by Jane Rubino and Caitlin Rubino-Bradway. For all the giveaway details please click on the following link:
http://historicaltapestry.blogspot.com/2009/10/huge-giveaway-announcement.html
Sounds like a very good read!
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Michael Dobbs does political and parliamentary history well, at least in my experience, so this could bereally good. I hopeit is!
ReplyDeleteFleur, this is the first in a four book series. I have previously read books two and four and thought they were very good!
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting book. But it must be a really long one, if this is from page 269 and the war is just getting started!
ReplyDeleteFantastic tease. I am adding this novel to my TBR list.
ReplyDeleteMine is here: http://rundpinne.blogspot.com/2009/10/casting-off-teaser-tuesdays.html
Sounds like an interesting read, is it non-fiction??
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That sounds like an interesting read. I've always liked Churchill. Great teaser.
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Good teaser. I really need to read more historical books.
ReplyDeleteWWII stories are still interesting! Here's my Teaser
ReplyDeleteGood tease. Mine is here.
ReplyDeletesounds like a good book to read for a refresher on history. If you want to wander down my road I’m home.
ReplyDeleteGreat teaser Marg!
ReplyDelete:) Here's my Teaser! ~ Wendi
This sounds good - I like books about WWII and so does my husband so I'll have to add this series to our list.
ReplyDeleteInteresting teaser! It's not my cuppa, but I know someone who would love it.
ReplyDeleteHere's my teaser.
Sounds like a wonderful book.
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Interesting teaser.. I love this kind of historical books.
ReplyDeleteHere is mine:
http://sumanam.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/teaser-tuesdays-6/
Interesting! I haven't read any war books. Here is my teaser:
ReplyDeletehttp://atticgirl.blogspot.com/2009/10/teaser-tuesdays-is-weekly-bookish-meme.html
Not my kinda book, but a good teaser none the less.
ReplyDeleteMy teaser is up at Find the Time to Read
I have always wanted to brush up on my history but never felt like reading another textbook. This sounds like a great book to learn more about WWII without being bored to death. LOL.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this book!
I don't think I would read this, but still, that's a great teaser!
ReplyDeleteA good teaser, and intrigues me, I'd like to read this, I love historical, history books!
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