The FitzOsbornes in Exile, Michelle Cooper
The FitzOsbornes in Exile, Michelle Cooper
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The FitzOsbornes in Exile

Author: Michelle Cooper

Narrator: Emma Bering

Unabridged: 14 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2011


Synopsis

Michelle Cooper combines the drama of pre-War Europe with the romance of debutante balls and gives us another compelling historical page turner.

Sophia FitzOsborne and the royal family of Montmaray escaped their remote island home when the Germans attacked, and now find themselves in the lap of luxury. Sophie's journal fills us in on the social whirl of London's 1937 season, but even a princess in lovely new gowns finds it hard to fit in. Is there no other debutante who reads?!

And while the balls and house parties go on, newspaper headlines scream of war in Spain and threats from Germany. No one wants a second world war. Especially not the Montmaravians—with all Europe under attack, who will care about the fate of their tiny island kingdom?

Will the FitzOsbornes ever be able to go home again? Could Montmaray be lost forever?

About The Author

Michelle Cooper has held a variety of jobs including selling shoes and working at a blood bank. But she now works as a speech pathologist. She specializes in learning disabilities and reluctant readers, so she's passionate about getting children and teenagers interested in books. You can learn more about Michelle and her books at MichelleCooper-Writer.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Catriona on February 19, 2011

. I am physically shaking. My heart is racing. My hands (and feet) are sweating. I have just completed the second Montmaray Journal and I am bursting with love, if Michelle Cooper keeps popping emotionally gripping books like this, I think I might just explode. With love and passion and any other word......more

Goodreads review by Alex on February 08, 2012

At the end of The Brief History of Montmaray, the first book in the (thus far) trilogy about the FitzOsbornes, royal family of the Kingdom of Montmaray, they were running for their lives in the midst of a Luftwaffe attack. Book 2, The FitzOsbornes in Exile, continues following these royals after the......more

Goodreads review by steph on March 12, 2020

Review March 2020: 8 years later, and this series still stands up to the test of time. The part where (view spoiler)[Simon calls Sophie "Machiavelli disguised as a debutante" after she basically blackmails him into doing what needs to be done (hide spoiler)] is probably my favorite line from this whole series because it basically......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on July 03, 2019

As the title to this sequel to A Brief History of Montmaray suggests, the FitzOsbornes - the royal family of the tiny kingdom of Montmaray, an island lying midway between Britain and Iberia, in the Bay of Biscay - had gone into exile in Britain, driven from their ancestral home by a Nazi invasio......more

Goodreads review by Book Concierge on February 20, 2017

Audiobook read by Emma Bering. This is book two in a series about the royal family of the fictitious island nation of Montmaray. The title gives a pretty big clue as to what is happening, and the front leaf gives away what happened in book one to result in this exile. The book is told as a series of......more


Quotes

Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, March 15, 2011:
"Multilayered and engrossing, Cooper’s tale alternates between frothy fun and heartbreaking seriousness with utter mastery."


Awards

  • Kid's Indie Next List "Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers"
  • Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book
  • Young Adult Services Division, School Library Journal Author Award