a dangerous place by jacqueline winspear

Still, these women had to make it forward. In an interview, the author mentioned that her grandfather was severely wounded and shell-shocked during The Battle of the Somme in 1916, following which he would always walk with a limp and would wheeze with destroyed lungs.Īlso, the times after WWI meant lots of women remained alone without a spouse.

The Jacqueline Maisie Dobbs books were initially inspired by the author’s grandfather’s experiences during WWI, which left huge physical emotional scars in her grandparents.

She graduated from the University of London’s Institute of Education, following which she started working in several areas such as academic publishing, higher education, as well as marketing communications. During WWII, her family moved to Kent to a safer and quieter place away from the big city. Jacqueline Winspear was born in 1955 in Kent in England, where she also grew up. The reader learns something about Maisie and the time period from every book. To get the most out of her character, reading the Jacqueline Winspear books in order should be followed, since each book loosely builds upon the other one. She embodies the empowered women who were literally the first generation to have jobs related to wars (nursers, ambulance drivers, anything that would help war-related efforts. Maisie ends up in college at Girton College, Cambridge, but she has to stop her studies when the war breaks out. She is noticed by Maurice Blanche, who takes upon himself to teach her all sorts of things, including logic, psychology, Eastern spirituality. Dobbs, Trade and Personal Investigations, and is set up in Fitzroy Square.īack in the day, when at the age of 13 she was put to work for a wealthy family, she discovered their library and her love for reading. Maisie is an independent woman who is determined to make a life for herself and rebuild the world around her any best way she can, even if it means helping others solving their problems. Her business is called M. Her skills in psychology and knowledge of meditation helped her greatly in solving the cases. Next, she did her part in the war as a nurse, and after the war ended, she began working as a PI. Maisie Dobbs is a young woman who was once a maid.

This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing, 2020 (nonfiction memoir).

Private Investigations: Mystery Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives, 2020 (anthology).

The Care and Management of Lies, 2014 (standalone novel).

What Would Maisie Do?, 2019 (non-fiction companion book).

A dangerous place by jacqueline winspear