Winds Of War
Many exciting and uncommon things happened to the Henry family during the World War Two time period. As the story, written my Herman Wouk, begins in the early spring of 1939, Victor "Pug" Henry is given a new job assignment. He is to be the new navel attaché in Berlin, Germany. Warren, Pug and Rhoda's oldest son, is setting off to New York. He is visiting there with his executive officer who had just arrived in town. Byron is in Florence, Italy studying the fine arts. While in Italy, Byron decides that the fine arts is yet another thing that bores him. He leaves his studies and travels to Siena to meet Aaron Jastrow, the author of a famous book. He begins to work with his niece, Natalie, researching subjects for a new book. Madeline, their only daughter, is attending school. She is very independent, doesn't enjoy school very much and would rather go with Warren to New York. Rhoda, Pug's wife of twenty-five years, finished everything for the move to Berlin just has she had all those......
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