The FitzOsbournes in Exile
by Michelle Cooper
I adored this one, even more than the first! The usual warning: listening to a lengthy book read by a narrator with a British accent can do horrible things to your speech for a few weeks afterward.
I thought I heard a couple of historical mistakes but since I was driving at the time, I failed to note them down. One reference to 'skittles' caught my ear, but when I looked it up I saw that before skittles was a candy, it was a alternate form of ninepins played in English pubs. And once I thought she referred to a place name that didn't exist by that name in those days. I could be wrong about that, too.
The FitzOsbournes are so very, very amusing, and their adventures in pre-World War Two Europe are spot on! My absolute favorite thing is the family comaraderie among them. There are a few heroes and a few villains to spice up the story, but you honestly know the family will overcome even the most determined of villains--together.
But will they overcome war?
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