Let's hope there is more of that coming up for Sophie in the sequel.~~Sigh~~ A windswept island, daring escapes from Nazis, British country estates, dancing with soldiers in London, writing Food Ministry brochures extolling the values of carrots to hungry British citizens and a funny little sister who bullies a young Princess Elizabeth at a aristocratic Girl Guides Meeting. I think I may enjoy it even more since Sophie will be in London and hopefully attending balls.Īll in all, fans of I Capture the Castle as well as historical fiction will enjoy A Brief History of Montmaray, but don't expect too much romance just yet. I also couldn't believe the ending of this book and now that I know there is a sequel, The FitzOsbornes in Exile, I must get my hands on a copy. My favorite part would have to be when the two German officers arrived. For the most part I enjoyed Sophie and her journal, but at times, it was a bit bland. It is written in diary format, which was both good and bad. Granted, A Brief History of Montmaray is not as good as I Capture the Castle, but if you enjoy a similar story, you will like Cooper's take on a royal family living on a remote island. Who doesn't love to read about a bookish heroine with crazy relatives in a collapsing castle? It's all very Gothic and romantic at times. Michelle Cooper's A Brief History of Montmaray is an interesting tale that fans of Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle will enjoy.Īs I was reading this book, I couldn't help but make connections to I Capture the Castle, which I read a few years ago and really enjoyed. The war, then, becomes alarmingly real to Sophie and her family. It all seems very far off from Montmaray until two German officers end up on the island searching for artifacts. Everything is pretty normal until 1936 when they find out that there's war on the mainland. She decides one day to start journaling about the events at Montmaray, everything from what the crazy King does to the intense island weather. Sophie lives on a remote island of Montmaray along with the other members of her royal family. A Brief History of Montmaray is a heart-stopping tale of loyalty, love, and loss, and of fighting to hold on to home when the world is exploding all around you. And then suddenly politics become very personal indeed. The politics of Europe seem far away from their remote island-until two German officers land a boat on Montmaray. But this is 1936, and the news that trickles in from the mainland reveals a world on the brink of war. When she receives a journal for her sixteenth birthday, Sophie decides to chronicle day-to-day life on the island. Goodreads says, " Sophie Fitzosborne lives in a crumbling castle in the tiny island kingdom of Montmaray with her eccentric and impoverished royal family.
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