The Endeavour of Elsie Mackay

Quite a few of the characters in this book were originally in The Paris Peacemakers, the author’s previous book which I enjoyed very much. If you haven’t read that, this is very much a stand alone book and you wouldn’t feel you’d missed anything if you haven’t already read that. Nevertheless it was......more

When Elsie Mackay was a flashy actress, her family wanted nothing to with her. But since Elsie left that life behind, she rejoined her aristocrat father and brothers at one of the largest British shipping companies in the world. Dedicated to making rather bland ships into luxurious transatlantic lin......more

After loving Flora Johnston’s first novel about Corran and Stella, I had high hopes for The Endeavours of Elsie Mackay- and it absolutely lived up to every one of them. Another beautiful and moving story that brilliantly blends historical fact and fiction so effortlessly, you begin to forget where o......more

Thank you to Allison & Busby for the opportunity to join the blog tour for The Endeavour of Elsie MacKay by Flora Johnston. I enjoyed reading Flora’s previous book, The Paris Peacemakers last year and you can read my review here: [URL not allowed] This story jumps on a few year......more