I’m calling her Australia’s next stroke of literary brilliance. I’m talking about A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper. Once Montmaray was a small but flourishing island nation but the Great War and the subsequent Spanish flu has decimated the population. “Once in a while, a special book will cross our paths and make us grateful for life and the ability to read. The book is told in diary format with the author of the diary being a young girl name Sophie, or more correctly Princess Sophie of Montmaray and covers the months towards the end of 1936. All from 1.31 New Books from 6.78 Used Books from 1.31 Rare Books from 30. And then suddenly politics become very personal indeed.Ī 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. Set in a tiny island kingdom on the eve of World War II, '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. 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.

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