B Reviews / Book Reviews1970s / classical music / fathers and daughters / opera / Opera Singer / Warrender Saga2 Comments
Lindley Harding was a singer nearing the end of his career; Laurence Morven was a new star-and rival-coming up over the horizon. And Lindley’s daughter Natalie, who loved them both, found herself torn two ways as the bitterness grew between the two men. Was the situation going to ruin her ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / family relationships / Historical / mistaken-identity7 Comments
NOTE – This book is NOT part of the Warrender Saga. “Please, Joanna! You must help me!” Auriel Deane was deeply in trouble. To help her, Joanna, her usually sensible sister, embarked on an incredibly risky adventure. Caught burglarizing an apartment, Joanna found herself a potential murder suspect. Neil Gilmore, ... more >
Ida (aka Mary Burchell) and Louise Cook film in the works– I first read about Ida and Louise Cook years ago when I reviewed Ida’s book “Safe Passage” which detailed how they had fallen in love with opera and how it allowed them to help Jews trying to escape Europe ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews1970s / classical music / England / Opera Singer / Warrender SagaComments Off on REVIEW: Remembered Serenade by Mary Burchell
Fresh out of music college, Joanna Ransome hopes to forge a career as a singer. She’s touched and grateful for the help and interest of old Mr. Wilmore, who she feels she owes everything. He gets her off to a promising start, and soon enough she’s introduced to the great ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews1970s / classical music / England / Opera Singer / Warrender Saga2 Comments
After years of hard training Anna was ready to launch into a career in the world of music. Everything seemed to be going welt until family troubles forced her to turn down the chance of a lifetime to join a Canadian tour, organized by the dynamic Jonathan Keyne. But now ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsboss/secretary / classical music / England / Opera Singer / Warrender Saga1 Comments
Mary loved music, and was thrilled to be working as secretary to a famous impressario — but it was another matter when she found herself becoming involved with one of his clients, the celebrated singer, Nicholas Brenner. She told herself firmly that she could never really belong in Nicholas’s world ... more >