Last Christmas in Paris

A Novel of World War I

De: Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb

Narrado por: Alex Wyndham, Billie Fulford-Brown, Morag Sims, Gary Furlong, Greg Wagland, Antony Ferguson, Derek Perkins, Jane Copland, Mary Jane Wells

New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor has joined with Heather Webb to create this unforgettably romantic novel of the Great War.

August 1914. England is at war. As Evie Elliott watches her brother, Will, and his best friend, Thomas Harding, depart for the front, she believes—as everyone does—that it will be over by Christmas, when the trio plan to celebrate the holiday among the romantic cafes of Paris.

But as history tells us, it all happened so differently…

Evie and Thomas experience a very different war. Frustrated by life as a privileged young lady, Evie longs to play a greater part in the conflict—but how?—and as Thomas struggles with the unimaginable realities of war he also faces personal battles back home where War Office regulations on press reporting cause trouble at his father’s newspaper business. Through their letters, Evie and Thomas share their greatest hopes and fears—and grow ever fonder from afar. Can love flourish amid the horror of the First World War, or will fate intervene?

Christmas 1968. With failing health, Thomas returns to Paris—a cherished packet of letters in hand—determined to lay to rest the ghosts of his past. But one final letter is waiting for him…

Much more than just a historical romance!

History, literature, British perspective, poignant love story, full cast production, strong women, begins and ends at Christmas-loved it!
Listen slowly-if you can-as the letters travel between Thomas &Evie!

Wonderful love story

Loved the glimpse of burgeoning love and the power of writing letters to express love. Also we never seem to learn how horrible war is. WWI was to be the war to end all wars.

I liked the format

beautiful love story in a historical novel written in a format that made it hard to stop listening to

Beautiful!

This was a beautiful story of love from the unique perspective of letters! I wonder if we could form such a lasting and inspiring love in this age of instant messages?

Amazing love story and great insight of WWI!

It took me a minute to realize that the story mostly took place in letters. 🙃😍

This was a beautiful love story.

I loved this book! It was very well written with interesting. I will highly recommend it to my friends!

Absolutely Wonderful!!

Completely fell in love with this book!
Starting it i was worried when I heard that it was written letter style but that's what really made me fall in love with this book. Definitely full of chivalry, very pheasable life events, and just completely couldn't stop listening. these 8 hours just flew by. the start might seem a little like ummmm okay where is this going but then once it starts rolling you can't stop!

So beautiful...

I'm so sad to come to the end of this story. The romance is timeless, as are the evils of war. I will be listening to this over and over.

There are no words to describe this...

There are no words to describe this story but I will try. I loved this story. Sometimes there are stories that don't leave you, I think this is one of them! It grabbed me from the beginning and didn't let go, I wanted to find out how everything was going to work out but I didn't want it to end. The narration was perfect!

Is it Love? Are We Just Friends?

What did you love best about Last Christmas in Paris?

The novel was written in correspondence form. It requires the reader to pay attention to the changes all the time. I thought that the character development was wonderful. The horrors of war were discussed. PTSD though not used in that form, the psychological horror of battle brought up and discussed.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Due to the format, no it would definitely require a few sittings.

Any additional comments?

It was frustrating that all that letter writing and no one could ask if it was love? Even after the young girl joins the war effort, still no “I love you”. Hmm!?

I was surprised to see all the narrators. I will have to listen to the novel again to gain the different perspectives of all the voices.