Blessed Are the Merciful (Paperback)

from linsleo

This really is a good historical romance. Ms. Shaughnessy did a wonderful job of creating a romance story during war times that will hold the reader's attention throughout the book. She is very descriptive of the treatment given to our prisoners by the enemy and finds a way to express disappointm...

from avry15

I've never been proud of my country..lol...and the people, both Americans and Filipinos who fought for freedom and peace at that time. Ms. Shaughnessy depicts what it looks like at that time, how war really is.. Through her words, I am transported to a world of bloodshed.. I cried at some of the ...

from SAMANTHA100

Christmas Eve, 1939, Elton Maxwell steals a piece of jewelry to give as a gift to his mother who is a widow with six children and lives in poverty. A year later he is caught during yet another theft. The judge presiding over his case gives him a choice- jail time or he can enlist in the Army. He ...

from HaroldTitus

The strength of Joyce Shaughnessy's historical novel, Blessed Are the Merciful, I believe, is the detailed information she provides about the suffering of the men and women incarcerated in Japanese prison camps in the Philippines. It is evident by her bibliography, her frequent reference to atroc...

from linsleo

This really is a good historical romance. Ms. Shaughnessy did a wonderful job of creating a romance story during war times that will hold the reader's attention throughout the book. She is very descriptive of the treatment given to our prisoners by the enemy and finds a way to express disappointm...