Title: A brief history of Montmaray
First published: 2009
Description: "There's a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings."Sophie Fitzosborne lives in a crumbling castle in the tiny island kingdom of Montmaray with her eccentric and impoverished royal family. When she receives a journal for her sixteenth birthday, Sophie decides to chronicle day-to-day life on the island. But this is 1936, and the news that trickles in from the mainland reveals a world on the brink of war. The politics of Europe seem far away from their remote island--until two German officers land a boat on Montmaray. And then suddenly politics become very personal indeed.A Brief History of Montmaray is a heart-stopping tale of loyalty, love, and loss, and of fighting to hold on to home when the world is exploding all around you."Once in a while, a special book will cross our paths and make us grateful for life and the ability to read. I'm talking about A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper. I'm calling her Australia's next stroke of literary brilliance."--ViewpointFrom the Hardcover edition.
Subjects: Fiction, Europe, Diaries, Princesses, Islands, History, Family life, Historical Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Families, Juvenile fiction, Young adult fiction
Places: Europe
Time periods: 1918-1945
LC classification: PZ7.C78748 Bri 2009