tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post4700085925010120543..comments2024-03-28T22:42:54.810-07:00Comments on Bitter Tea and Mystery: Death of a Nationalist: Rebecca PawelTracyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-3832858708777827532018-11-22T11:08:20.780-08:002018-11-22T11:08:20.780-08:00Thanks for commenting and including your link, Map...Thanks for commenting and including your link, Maphead. I have added it to the list of reviews above. I did get a lot out of the book and now I just have to find #2 in the series. I have the last book.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-75449617625088218662018-11-21T21:19:25.356-08:002018-11-21T21:19:25.356-08:00Glad you liked this book. I read it awhile back an...Glad you liked this book. I read it awhile back and also enjoyed it.<br />https://maphead.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/sketches-of-spain/Mapheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633083654264127516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-87089530298481117462018-08-11T12:47:19.718-07:002018-08-11T12:47:19.718-07:00I know very little about the Spanish Civil War, Ka...I know very little about the Spanish Civil War, Kathy, although I have always been interesting in topics around the time of World War II. This book gave me a picture of how devastating that conflict was to the country and the people, without dwelling on it.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-72845617077997103932018-08-10T22:41:58.406-07:002018-08-10T22:41:58.406-07:00Couldn't read this due to the character's ...Couldn't read this due to the character's political sympathies with the Franco side. So many people were killed in this war, and after the Republicans lost, thousands were imprisoned, tortured and killed. The poet Lorca was killed, for one.<br />And Hitler bombed the town of Guernica, and killed untold numbers of people. This atrocity is enshrined in Picasso's painting of the same name.<br />I had taken it out of the library and loaned it to a friend who was so disgusted with the protagonist that he would not deal with this writer again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-32182087150934031072018-07-30T21:26:10.248-07:002018-07-30T21:26:10.248-07:00I don't know why it takes me so long to get to...I don't know why it takes me so long to get to some books, Yvette, and then I usually am glad that I have read them.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-78874724018486033032018-07-30T21:24:55.123-07:002018-07-30T21:24:55.123-07:00It is definitely worth reading, Moira, and probabl...It is definitely worth reading, Moira, and probably even more so if you know more about that time than I did.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-15789942527502040012018-07-30T11:40:23.496-07:002018-07-30T11:40:23.496-07:00Sounds intriguing, Tracy. I've never read this...Sounds intriguing, Tracy. I've never read this author though I have heard of her. Maybe at some point down the line I'll take a look. Thanks for the intro.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-31948333910200145882018-07-30T05:50:10.516-07:002018-07-30T05:50:10.516-07:00I'm always fascinated by the Spanish Civil War...I'm always fascinated by the Spanish Civil War so I am tempted by this one Tracy... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-47669362558352586732018-07-27T22:55:59.208-07:002018-07-27T22:55:59.208-07:00It is a different approach, Mathew, which made it ...It is a different approach, Mathew, which made it more interesting but also darker. I did not know much about the story going into it, which was good. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-37780288402198609642018-07-27T22:53:56.160-07:002018-07-27T22:53:56.160-07:00It is a nice cover, Col, and I loved reading about...It is a nice cover, Col, and I loved reading about the time and place. Not an entirely pleasant read.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-34892664152721559502018-07-27T12:41:23.745-07:002018-07-27T12:41:23.745-07:00Interesting premise. I've read novels only fro...Interesting premise. I've read novels only from the Republican POV--<i>For Whom the Bell Tolls</i> the most prominent in my memory. I do believe reading this one is mandatory! Thanks for introducing it to me, Tracy!Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-23712582492774069352018-07-27T01:11:18.554-07:002018-07-27T01:11:18.554-07:00Great cover, but not sure if I'd want to read ...Great cover, but not sure if I'd want to read it to be honest.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-64007673127002887582018-07-26T20:45:36.309-07:002018-07-26T20:45:36.309-07:00I am very ignorant of that conflict, Margot, and I...I am very ignorant of that conflict, Margot, and I know more now, and that is good. And a very good story also. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-26503512291805363272018-07-26T20:44:44.890-07:002018-07-26T20:44:44.890-07:00I am not sure if this novel fits that format, Jona...I am not sure if this novel fits that format, Jonathon, although I did have suspicions of who the culprit was and there were no surprises. But it isn't a traditional puzzle mystery. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-13055494284061062522018-07-26T08:08:49.675-07:002018-07-26T08:08:49.675-07:00This does sound really interesting, Tracy, even if...This does sound really interesting, Tracy, even if it's hard to feel sympathy for the protagonist. It's about an important piece of history, and I haven't read enough about that time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-76544982169047053042018-07-26T02:15:25.270-07:002018-07-26T02:15:25.270-07:00Thanks for the review, which piqued my interest in...Thanks for the review, which piqued my interest in the novel. :) Could I enquire if the mystery in the novel is resolved in ways that lean towards the traditional Golden Age puzzle? Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389512470283015279noreply@blogger.com