Reviewed by Dr. Karen Hutchins Pirnot for Readers' Favorite

In his latest book The Wounded Heart, David Wiltshire has created a masterpiece of history interwoven with the horrors of war, the indomitable spirit of the human heart and an old fashioned, innocent romance. Lt. Mike Gibson, a doctor thrown into a WWII medical regiment, comes from common British stock and finds himself unexpectedly attracted to a nurse of the British aristocracy. His kind and gentle manner instantly wins the heart of Lily de Howarth, a woman determined to make a life of professional fulfillment for herself in an era in which women were expected to remain solidly in their "places." They battle their individual experiences of Hell while searching for one another through Normandy and then, the absolute evils of the German concentration camps. When Mike becomes infested with a virulent disease, Lily finds him and vows not to let him die. Each makes a pledge to one another that they will never be separated...not even for a day. They marry and have children, and Lily pursues a political career in the House of Commons while Mike heads up the new radiology department at a London hospital. Their lives appear golden until Mike develops cancer, and Lily is diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Wiltshire has developed two unforgettable characters who will stay with the reader long after the final word has been read. Those who lived through the war years will rejoice in the victories of Mike and Lily, and they will revel in the old fashioned values which made Mike and Lily part of "the greatest generation." This book should be a classic in every individual library to be read and treasured through the years.