The Ringmaster's Daughter
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Inspired by a true story, this WWII novel will sweep you away to the circus in this "delightful read that will get you hooked from the get go" (Lu Reads Anything).
Paris, 1940. Twenty-year-old Michel Bonnet lives on the edge of the law, finding work where he can at the horse fairs on the outskirts of the city. But when Paris falls to the Nazis, Michel escapes as a stowaway on a secret midnight train bound for the south. It's a journey that will change his life forever -- he's joined the circus.It's there Michel first sees Frieda - dark-haired, mysterious and also fleeing the Germans. Homeless and hungry, Michel would do anything for a safe place to sleep... and the chance to spend one more hour with her.But there's something Frieda isn't telling him, a secret she has sworn to carry to her grave. As Michel leaves Paris behind for the lavender fields and hillside villages of the rural south, he's in more danger than he could ever know...
Paris, 1940. Twenty-year-old Michel Bonnet lives on the edge of the law, finding work where he can at the horse fairs on the outskirts of the city. But when Paris falls to the Nazis, Michel escapes as a stowaway on a secret midnight train bound for the south. It's a journey that will change his life forever -- he's joined the circus.It's there Michel first sees Frieda - dark-haired, mysterious and also fleeing the Germans. Homeless and hungry, Michel would do anything for a safe place to sleep... and the chance to spend one more hour with her.But there's something Frieda isn't telling him, a secret she has sworn to carry to her grave. As Michel leaves Paris behind for the lavender fields and hillside villages of the rural south, he's in more danger than he could ever know...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:153875455X
ISBN13:9781538754559
Release Date:November 2021
Publisher:Grand Central Publishing
Length:368 Pages
Weight:0.68 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.2" x 7.9"
Customer Reviews
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Historical Fiction
Published by TinaLovesToRead , 9 months ago
This is a historical fiction book that takes place in Paris, France in 1940's. Michel Bonnet hinds away on a train to get out of Paris when the war started to head to Paris, and the train turn out to be a circus train. I have read many historical book with circus as the plot, but this one I really could not get into. It is was just ok I think. I want my historical fiction book to really touch my heart, or to move me in some way. This book did not do that. It was a good story overall. I received an ARC of this book. This review is my own honest opinion about the book like all my reviews are.
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