Armistice
Stafford Nick
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: First Edition
Description: 311 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.
Publishers Description: Philomena Blighs fiance, Dan, has been shot. The First World War claimed many lives and so his death is not, in its own way, surprising. But Dan was shot in the minutes after the Armistice. The war was over. She cannot understand how this could have happened, or why they were still fighting that morning anyway. So, in March 1919, over Dans birthday, Philomena travels to London to meet the men with him when he died. What she discovers is more shocking than shed ever imagined. Dans best friend, Jonathan, tells her that Dan was shot by a British officer over a gambling debt. There is no proof and all records of Jonathans accusation have been destroyed. Refusing to accept anything less than justice for the man she loved, Philomena decides to take on the Establishment. Worried that she may cause his own downfall and feeling guilty for his mysterious part in Dans death, Jonathan decides to accompany her on her mission. Set against a backdrop of London in the aftermath of the Great War, a time of upheaval, grief and wanton escapism, this is not just an inspirational book about what it means to be a hero, but also a breathtaking love story.
ISBN: 9781849160810
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