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Title: A Worthy Continuation of the Saga
Review: This volume of John Jakes' story concentrates on Joe Crown's daughter, Fritzi, as she struggles to make a career for herself as an actress. I was really looking forward to reading this one, as it concentrates on one of my favorite eras - the dawn of movies in Hollywood. All the big players are here: Pickford, Chaplin, Griffith. Jakes makes some bush-league research errors in regard to things that a silent film buff would know (Roscoe Arbuckle's friends NEVER called him "Fatty," for instance), but the story itself was good enough that I was able to overlook such mistakes.As with Homeland, the least interesting sections of the book for me were the military episodes. I understand their necessity to show Paul's integrity and talent, but the subject matter just wasn't calling to me. But this is why I enjoy a Jakes novel - the family story is so sprawling and varied that I know within a few pages I'll be on to something that grabs me again.
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