{"id":14927,"date":"2022-11-27T10:52:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T17:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=14927"},"modified":"2022-11-27T14:33:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T21:33:49","slug":"letters-of-understanding-by-christopher-j-mooney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=14927","title":{"rendered":"Letters of Understanding by Christopher J. Mooney"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fascinating, compelling, evocative… A spellbinding tale.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mooney visits the WWII era and the secretive world of Britain and Russia\u2019s intelligence network in this immersive saga. Francis Kelly has always known his father David Kelly has written thousands of letters to his grandmother, which began when the latter went off to boarding school at age eight and continued weekly for forty-four years, but he never thought much about it. A mid-life crisis prompted Francis to look into the letters and uncover his family\u2019s role in the growth of Britain\u2019s Secret Intelligence Service. Alternating between third-person omniscient voice and letter-format, the page-turning narrative is enhanced by richly drawn, authentic characters and an intriguing storyline. Mooney\u2019s extensive historical research adds authenticity to the fascinating secretive world of Britain and Russia\u2019s intelligence network as well as William\u2019s deception. The family\u2019s, particularly David, Joseph and Charlie\u2019s arcs highlight the ever-present dangers for those involved in their country\u2019s intelligence network, making palpable the strength of familial ties and friendship. Fans of historical fiction will be drawn to this page-turner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letters of Understanding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christopher J. Mooney<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fascinating, compelling, evocative… A spellbinding tale. Mooney visits the WWII era and the secretive world of Britain and Russia\u2019s intelligence network in this immersive saga. Francis Kelly has always known his father David Kelly has written thousands of letters to his grandmother, which began when the latter went off to boarding school at age eight and continued weekly for forty-four years, but he never thought much about it. A mid-life crisis prompted Francis to look […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":14933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[38100332,24777292,7223,91,3328,178,1584897,92732,1136176,1473,1008073,856121,309,349],"class_list":["post-14927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-amreading","tag-amwriting","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-historical-drama","tag-historical-fiction","tag-indie-books","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-3SL","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Lettersfront.jpg?fit=450%2C625&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14927"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14934,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14927\/revisions\/14934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}