All Shall Be Well, by Richard Essberger

Author: Richard Essberger. Review by Fiona Grimshaw

‘There is no doubt that the book is the result of immaculate and detailed research.’ | Photo: Detail of book cover of All Shall Be Well, by Richard Essberger

When I was first introduced to All Shall Be Well, I had not yet met Richard Essberger, its author. We had, however, been in a correspondence about one of the characters in the book – Tessa Rowntree, who plays a small but pivotal role in the story. The Rowntree Society, where I work, was interested in finding out more about Tessa, as well as her cousin Jean, and other Quaker colleagues who worked with Czech refugees immediately prior to world war two.

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