Legacy: Love, Intrigue and Redemption Under the Scorching Spanish Sun (Andalucian Nights Trilogy) by Hannah Fielding
Romantic fiction is not one of my preferred genres. However I recently decided to read more widely, and selected Hannah’s book as it was about Spain, which is where I live.
I’m glad I did.
It will not shoot romance to the top of my reading pile, but it has taught me that there is excellent writing out there other than the genres I more regularly follow.
The strengths I found in her writing were threefold.
Firstly, the importance of a strong and believable storyline, which is carefully and skilfully maintained throughout her novel.
Secondly, the way she gradually built up your understanding of the two main characters. Quite often you learn everything about characters very quickly. However Hanna continually adds more information and develops her protagonists step by step, so you gradually realise their complexities as the story develops. This means that the ground shifts as you read, and you are constantly remain unsure of what these two characters will do next.
The other matter which impressed me in her writing was how time was taken now and again to relax from the story itself. In a paragraph she vividly describes perhaps a place in a way which enables you to visualise it just as she intends. This is in my opinion is perhaps the most impressive aspect of Hanna’s writing skills.
I’m glad I did.
It will not shoot romance to the top of my reading pile, but it has taught me that there is excellent writing out there other than the genres I more regularly follow.
The strengths I found in her writing were threefold.
Firstly, the importance of a strong and believable storyline, which is carefully and skilfully maintained throughout her novel.
Secondly, the way she gradually built up your understanding of the two main characters. Quite often you learn everything about characters very quickly. However Hanna continually adds more information and develops her protagonists step by step, so you gradually realise their complexities as the story develops. This means that the ground shifts as you read, and you are constantly remain unsure of what these two characters will do next.
The other matter which impressed me in her writing was how time was taken now and again to relax from the story itself. In a paragraph she vividly describes perhaps a place in a way which enables you to visualise it just as she intends. This is in my opinion is perhaps the most impressive aspect of Hanna’s writing skills.
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A charming, heart breaking and compassionate story, following the search of a young boy Tino to find his grandfather Alberto's birthday.
So descriptive of rural Spain, I could taste the olives and smell the lemons!
A beautiful portrayal of the relationship of Tino with his grandfather.
My attention was completely held with this mystery search with flashbacks to the time of the Spanish Civil War and the many traumas faced by Spanish children including Alberto, Tino's grandfather.
I can see this book making a very poignant movie! A superb first novel and I cannot wait for the second one from this talented author.
So descriptive of rural Spain, I could taste the olives and smell the lemons!
A beautiful portrayal of the relationship of Tino with his grandfather.
My attention was completely held with this mystery search with flashbacks to the time of the Spanish Civil War and the many traumas faced by Spanish children including Alberto, Tino's grandfather.
I can see this book making a very poignant movie! A superb first novel and I cannot wait for the second one from this talented author.
Great book and one of those which encouraged to write my novels of this time and place
One of my interests is the 20th century history of Hong Kong, where I lived for 10 years. I have started to write my second novel, with a probable title 'The Hong Kong Circle'. This starts with the the Japanese invading Hong Kong on the same day they attacked Pearl Harbour. Then the four years the expatriates spent in dreadful conditions in internment camps. This is one of the books I am reading for ideas as I try to write around historical facts
Essential for my research when writing The Hong Kong Circle
Interested in Spanish 20th Century history then a must
Having written about Spain before the Civil War, he returns in 1949 to revisit and places and people he wrote about in his book South From Granada
Interesting for my research of my book The Hong Kong Circle
Interested in Spain in the 1920's and 1930's before the Civil War then this is a must.
Fascinating as he tries to unravel why there was a Civil War in Spain and what happened. And why the older Spaniards are unwilling to talk, and the youngsters want tto know