Readers will be enthralled by McLain’s vivid storytelling ... Love, loss, courage, and compassion play key roles in this powerful novel that effectively conveys the importance of doing whatever one can to help during difficult times.
Two urgent stories of survival, set nearly 300 years apart, are connected by treks through Paris’ ancient underground tunnels ... Although very little ties the two stories together, perhaps their shared thread of resolve is enough.
McLain’s riveting latest (after When the Stars Go Dark) combines the stories of a 17th-century prison break and a WWII physician’s role in the French Resistance ... Fans of stirring historicals won’t want to miss this.
