![]() ![]() ![]() However, is business is bleak, and is set to become bleaker as the Revolution in France spreads its terror across Europe. Lizzie's husband, Diner, is a builder and he is working on a terrace of upmarket houses overlooking the Avon Gorge. The story is set in Bristol, while in France the French Revolution is under way. It wasn't until about the second half that I began to race through it a bit quicker. I found the first half of the book slightly laborious I was willing for something to happen. It was very dark and sombre - I can't say morbid, because that would infer I took no enjoyment out of it. I think that once I knew this, I myself became aware of the many mentions of mortality, and how you are remembered after you die, and this may have affected my enjoyment of it. She states at the end of the book that even though she knew she was ill during the writing of the book, she didn't realise how ill. Birdcage Walk was her last work of fiction. She sadly passed away recently after a battle with cancer. Helen Dunmore was a prolific writer of both children's and adult fiction. ![]()
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