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| In Distant Fields | 
 enlarge | Author: Charlotte Bingham
Publisher: Bantam Books
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 270191
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.7
ISBN: 055381804X
EAN: 9780553818048
ASIN: 055381804X
Publication Date: February 12, 2007
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 A simple yet encouraging book June 15, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this book as something to do whilst on my Easter Holidays. As soon as I began reading it, I connected with the characters which were all people that I could imagine and relate to. Despite earlier reviews saying that the characters were 'one-dimensional', I think that Charlotte Bingham has managed to put a lot of description of their characters, into a book with a complex narrative. My one regret is that the book is not particularly challenging; either in language or content. However, I found it to be a fantastic read for a holiday, and one which I could merely relax back into, and enjoy.
I would recommend this book to someone who has some time to kill, and will enjoy sitting in the summer sun and losing themselves in the story!
 Didn't Come To Life April 1, 2007
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Completely unfamiliar with Charlotte Bingham, I picked up this book in an airport shop because the back-cover synopsis looked intriguing. (And I really didn't feel like wading thru the book I was carrying.)
While Ms Bingham certainly had a good idea, she unfortunately never carried it thru to its fruition.
I found the characters to be one-dimensional, probably because she crammed to many into so few pages (while the book is 400+ pages, the type font is huge). The dialog, additionally, was silted at best, and inane at worst.
Last, the editing was atrocious. While I understand that British English is different from American English (and I'm a Yank), I also understand that some word don't exist in either dialect, AND punctuation is pretty universal.
Because the pace picked up a bit toward the second half (and it took 200 pages for WWI to break out!) I tacked on an extra star. If the book had wallowed around the way it did in the first half, had it finished it, it would have certainly been a One-er.
So, nutshell, I pretty much wasted a good E11, GBP6, or US 13. Oh well, lesson learned. Hopefully, someone at the library, to which the book will be donated, will enjoy it.
As Wonderful As Ever February 24, 2007
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book is a must read for all Charlotte Bingham Fans, as usual when reading one of her books I found I couldn't put it down, for anyone reading one of her books for the first time you will be hooked after reading this. I could almost hear the guns in the trenches and could see the beautiful park at Bauders.
You can never go wrong with a Charlotte Bingham book and this is no exception. FANTASTIC!!
 Far from one of her best December 11, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Charlotte Bingham has for years been one of my favourite authors, but her latest books have been somewhat disappointing. Both "Friday's Girl" and "Daughters of Eden" failed to live up to my usual expectations.
I got "In Distand Fields" in hardback with great hopes. I liked the idea, setting and characters. The description of life of the aristocracy in England before and during the first world war is detailed and accurate. Likewise, the mood of the people as war is approaching. Even the differences in the ways of speech between the upper and lower classes are faultless.
Yet, in spite of all this, the book never managed to catch my attention. After reading a few pages, I put it down. Then tried again a bit later, until I finally had to admit I found it downright boring.
Endless descriptions of details. People, clothing, interior, food - whatever. Detailed - oh, so detailed - conversations, or simply just daily communication about trivial matters.
As for the characters, I never felt I really got to know them. They remained participants in a well rehearsed play.
The book changed, however, whenever young Kitty appeared on the scene. During those passages the story came to life and here I recognized the Charlotte Bingham I have learnt to love.
I have given the book three stars. The third for the telling of Kitty's background and destiny. Truly delightful and in sharp contrast to an otherwise tedious tableau.
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