A story of loss of oneself more than once, woven around two people who loved each other, and set in England around the war, peace, and war again.
Once has to read Hilton to experience the beauty that is of his world and his portrayal of it.
These are some of the books I read during last half a century or so, and some of the thoughts, questions, reactions and insights, emotions - and so forth -, evoked on reading them, either then or later sometime during the interim years and decades, or even thinking over now, that are summed up here while trying to record my impressions about what I read.
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- Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Tra...
- Race And Culture: by Thomas Sowell.
- The Elixir And The Stone: by Michael Baigent and R...
- The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception: by Michael Baigent...
- Inquisition : by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh.
- Rabbit Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the G...
- Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11 : b...
- Imperial Hubris: Why The West Is Losing War On Ter...
- The Negro: The Southerner's Problem; by Thomas Nel...
- Arctic Grail: The Quest For The Northwest Passage ...
- Guardians Of The Nation: by Pieter M. Judson.
- Brilliant Flowering of Culture, Berlin in Weimar Era
- The Mighty Fortress: A New History of the German P...
- Sally Hemings; by Barbara Chase-Riboud.
- God's Secret Agents: by Alice Hogge.
- Story of Tibet: by Dalai Lama and Thomas Laird.
- Nag Hammadi Library: by James M. Robinson, Richard...
- Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimesion of American Racis...
- War Against The Weak: by Edwin Black.
- Day of Tears; by Julius Lester.
- Martin Van Buren; by Ted Widmer.
- Thomas Paine: by Craig Nelson.
- J. Edgar Hoover: by Curt Gentry.
- The Life Of Mahatma Gandhi: by Louis Fischer.
- the Wave: by Todd Strasser and Morton Rhue.
- Other Powers: by Barbara Goldsmith.
- The Bounty: by Caroline Alexander.
- Charlie Wilson's War: by George Crile.
- Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: (2004) America, the Cold ...
- King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led th...
- Gone With The Wind, slavery, civilisation of the v...
- Zero, The biography Of A Dangerous Idea: by Charle...
- Operation Market Garden
- A Drop Too Many: A Paratrooper at Arnhem: by John ...
- Falaise 1944, Death of an army (Campaign): by Ken ...
- Battle of the Bulge, Operation Market Garden, Wach...
- The Cambridge Illustrated History of Germany (Camb...
- Connections: by James Burke.
- All Quiet On The Western Front: by Erich Maria Rem...
- A Bridge Too Far: by Cornelius Ryan.
- Secret Agent 666: Aleister Crowley, British Intell...
- Our Man In Havana: by Graham Greene.
- The Pianist : by Wladyslaw Szpilman.
- Sidney Reilley: Ace of Spies.
- Three Musketeers: by Alexandre Dumas, père.
- Gone With The Wind: by Margaret Mitchell
- Trapp Family Singers: by Baroness Maria Augusta Vo...
- Naked Came I: A Novel Of Rodin: by David Weiss.
- The Boy In The Striped Pajamas: by John Boyne.
- Mary, Mary: by St. John G Ervine
- Gracie: by George Burns.
- Doctors: by Erich Segal.
- This Child Is Mine: by Henry Denker.
- The Chamber: by John Grisham.
- Jurrasic Park: by Michael Crichton.
- Disclosure: by Michael Crichton.
- The Sunbird: by Wilbur Smith.
- Icon: by Frederick Forsyth.
- The Negotiator: by Frederick Forsyth.
- The Afghan: by Frederick Forsyth.
- The Fist Of God: by Frederick Forsyth.
- The Day Of The Jackal: by Frederick Forsyth.
- The Odessa File: by Frederick Forsyth.
- Whispers: by Belva Plain.
- Night of The Fox: by Jack Higgins.
- The Seventh Secret: by Irving Wallace.
- Thunder Point:: by Jack HIggins.
- Song of Bernadette: by Franz Werfel.
- The Permanent Purge
- The Citadel: by A. J. Cronin.
- Beyond This Place: by A. J. Cronin.
- The Judas Tree: by A. J. Cronin.
- Marnie: by Winston Graham.
- Stones Into Schools: by Greg Mortenson with Mike B...
- Women Writing In India: edited by Susie Tharu and ...
- Immortal Wife:- by Irving Stone.
- The Hidden Flower: by Pearl S. Buck.
- Enemy At The Gates: by William Craig.
- Life With Mother: by Clarence Day Jr.
- To Catch A Thief: by David Dodge.
- Nicholas And Alexandra: by Robert Massie.
- Random Harvest: by James HIlton
- Lost Horizon: by James HIlton.
- Good-Bye, Mr. Chips: by James Hilton.
- Life With Father, Life With Mother: by Clarence Da...
- Life With Father: by Clarence Day Jr.
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- The Bridges At Toko-Ri: by James A. Michener.
- A Thing Of Beauty; by A. J. Cronin.
- Mischief: by Charlotte Armstrong.
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