The Absolutist
September 1919: Twenty-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a clutch of letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War. They trained together. They fought together.<BR><BR>But in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield and declared himself a conscientious objector, an act which has brought shame and dishonour on the Bancroft family.<BR><BR>The letters, however, are not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He holds a secret deep within him. One that he is desperate to unburden himself of to Marian, if he can only find the courage. Whatever happens, this meeting will change his life - forever.
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September 1919: Twenty-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a clutch of letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War. They trained together. They fought together.<BR><BR>But in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield and declared himself a conscientious objector, an act which has brought shame and dishonour on the Bancroft family.<BR><BR>The letters, however, are not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He holds a secret deep within him. One that he is desperate to unburden himself of to Marian, if he can only find the courage. Whatever happens, this meeting will change his life - forever.
H | B | T | Gramm
198 mm | 132 mm | 35 mm | 304 gr
Erscheinungsjahr
2012
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0
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Transworld Publ. Ltd UK
ISBN-10
0552775401
ISBN-13
9780552775403
Autor
John Boyne
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
426
Themen
Kriegsromane: Zweiter Weltkrieg, Belletristik / Comics / Graphic Novels: erzählerische Themen, Stoffe, Motive, Irland, Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, Kriegsromane: Erster Weltkrieg, Historischer Roman, Kriminalromane und Mystery
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