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Book Info.

Maisie Dobbs

Author Info.

  • Setting: Spring 1929 England
  • Plot: Maisie Dobbs is a private investigator who has taken over her successor Maurice Blanche's business. She begin working at age 13 as a servant to Lady Rowan Compton. One day Maisie was discovered reading in her employer's library. This event started a chain of reactions in Maisie's life. After being discovered she was put under Maurice Blanche's wing. While being educated by Maurice she still did her job as a servant. Maisie goes on to attended collage at Girton Collage in Cambridge; but dose not get to finish because World War I breaks out. She then enlists as a nurse and services over seas. After the war Maisie goes back to Cambridge and finishes her education. In the spring of 1929 Maisie get her first big case. This case is about a man suspecting his wife of cheating; but in turn she discovers a trail of killers and is reminded of the war which she has tried so hard to forget.

Author Info.

  • Interesting fact:
  • Jacqueline's grandfather was in World War I.
  • He was severely wounded in the war.
  • Jacqueline was very interested in the "war to end all wars" because of her grandfather.
  • She also dedicated this book to him.

Basic Info.

  • The book relates to Jacqueline because most of the book takes place in England which is where she was born.
  • Year of Publication: 2003
  • Publisher: Soho Press, Inc.

Authors Info.

  • Author: Jacqueline Winspear
  • Biographical info. about author:
  • She grew up and was born in the country Kent, England.
  • She now lives in the San Francisco Bay area.

Major Theme

World War I

The majority of the book is about Maisie and her experiences in the war.

Major Theme

World War I

Speaking: Enid

Women of the time

In the book women are portrayed as independent.

" You worry about what ever it is you can do." - ( Winspear 155)

Women of the time

"She was now working in a munitions factory, earning more money then she could ever had dreamed of earning in service." - (Winspear 152)

Book Reviews

Works Cited

According to Maureen Corrigan my book has sold over a million copies and has 9 more books in the series since 2003.

-http://www.jacquelinewinspear.com/about.php

-Maureen, Corrigan. "10 Years Later, Mystery Heroine 'Maisie Dobbs' Gains New Life." Fresh Air (NPR) (2014): Newspaper Source. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.

-"MAISIE DOBBS (Book)." Kirkus Reviews 71.10 (2003): 713. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 17 Nov. 2014

-Winspear, Jacqueline. Masie Dobbs. New York: Soho, 2003. Print.

My review

Women of the time

Maisie is a very Independent women of her time, she took over her mentors investigating place after he retired.

  • My book was good, but it took a lot to get into it.
  • In the beginning of the book is very slow because there is no action.
  • As you get to the middle of the book you start to learn about Maisie's past which makes you want to read to the end.

Women of the time

Book Reviews

My book is Number 1 in an 11 part series. Book number 11 comes out in 2015!

Priscilla a minor character in the book decided to enlist in the war as a FANY ( First Aid Nursing Yeomanry). " An All Women's Ambulance corps" ( Winspear 146)

According to Kirkus Reviews Jacqueline usually writes about romance, and in this book she does, but its a romance happening in the middle of a war.

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