The backbone of the story is really the inexorable march toward World War I and the impact it has not only on the novel\u2019s protagonists, but also France and Europe. Whitaker skillfully captures the crisis of impending world war and the national anxiety this created for a whole generation of young French men and women whose lives were permanently altered by its arrival. The author\u2019s knowledge of the era\u2019s geopolitical particulars is beyond reproach.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote> \r\n

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The Toll of Folly is a stirring historical novel.<\/p>\n

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The Toll of Folly is a gripping historical novel, the second in a series that follows the lives of four
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No knowledge of the previous book is needed. Author J. William Whitaker smoothly orients readers
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Whitaker expertly captures the sense of the war\u2019s devastating violence, and the author\u2019s well-drawn protagonists\u2019 lives are rich with drama, and intersect in unusual ways.<\/p>\n

The novel offers compelling characters, a dramatic backdrop, and easy-flowing chapters,
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