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London Dawn

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Readers everywhere are clamoring for books like Downton Abbey, the hit PBS Masterpiece Theater series that's taken America by storm. Those readers have become enthusiastic about The Danforths of Lancashire by award-winning author Murray Pura.

In this stunning conclusion to the saga, we find Lord Preston and his family are gathered in London in the late 1930s for what turns out to be a homecoming. The family is finally all together again, gathering in a way they haven't been able to do for years. But looming ahead is the summer and fall of 1940 when both the Battle of Britain and the Blitz will occur. Though the family is blissfully unaware of this soon-to-be reality, Lord Preston, privy to top secret info in his position in the government, has grave concerns; the gravest he's ever had, that England will be invaded. The Danforth family patriarch does his best to hide his fears with a cheerful exterior, but is he successful?

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    • Library Journal

      February 15, 2014

      In this final book in the "Danforths of Lancashire" trilogy, the first rumblings of Hitler's atrocities are beginning to reach Lord Preston and his family, making them aware of the effects of war. Catherine and Albrecht are in hiding owing to Albrecht's incendiary writings but manage to make it to their chalet in Switzerland with the help of the baron. The household ultimately reunites in England, but the Battle of Britain and the Blitz loom on the horizon. Can the clan make it through the war unscathed? Prayers and faith in God may not be enough to keep these horrors at bay. The plot keeps winding until the satisfying finale. VERDICT Pura's engrossing historical account of a British family struggling with the uncertainties of war and an out-of-control dictator with seemingly limitless power makes for a heartfelt conclusion to a family saga reminiscent of Downton Abbey. Fans of the first two books (Ashton Park; Beneath the Dover Sky) and of period fiction will take a shine to this one.

      Copyright 2014 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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