Having lived inīoth England and the United States, do you think the two cultures tend to Now, what do we do with that knowledge?Īll of the Maisie Dobbs mysteries to date have beenĭeeply concerned with the lingering after effects of war. Readers see that history is a mirror - hold up the truth and we will see ourselvesĪnd our time reflected there. My focus hasĪlways been on what happens to ordinary people in extraordinary times. Segment that was virtually untouched by the depression - which in itself wasĮxperienced in different ways on either side of the Atlantic. Twenties only roared for a certain echelon of society, and there was a whole Only takes care of rich, poor, and rich becoming poor.

Thirties, and we know there was a Roaring Twenties, but that ForĮxample, we know about the Depression of the twenties and Something of history's gray areas, which are often well-served by fiction. Time and how the world was impacted by the Great War and the years until the Tell me that my books have encouraged them to find out more about this period of One of the most gratifying things that has happened since theīooks were published is that so many people have e-mailed or written to me to Non-British readers - to know about this period and what the First World War What, at a minimum, would you like for your readers - especially your Which they might otherwise have known very little: England between the world

Jacqueline Winspear talks about her Maisie Dobbs mystery series, set in Britain following World War I, why she is particularly interested in this time period and what she hopes readers will learn from it how many of the books are inspired by stories from her own family and about Pardonable Lies and An Incomplete Revenge in particular.Īpart from being a series of wonderful mysteries, the Maisie Dobbs novels have helped to acquaint readers with a place and time of

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