`[A] stunning novel ... With unshowy, but beautiful prose, Kazan makes us believe entirely in his two protagonists. ... This is the novel I will be pressing on family and friends over the summer.' - The Times

1922. When the Turkish Army occupies Smyrna, Zoe Haggitiris escapes with her family, only to lose everything. Alone in a sea of desperate strangers, her life is touched, for a moment, by a young English boy, Tom Collyer, also lost, before the compassion of a stranger leads her into a new life. Years later when war breaks out, Tom finds himself in Greece and in the chaos of the British retreat, fate will lead him back to Zoe. But he will discover that the war will not end so easily for either of them.
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1922. When the Turkish Army occupies Smyrna, Zoe Haggitiris escapes, only to lose everything. Alone in a sea of strangers, her life is touched briefly by a young English boy, Tom Collyer. Years later when war breaks out, Tom finds himself in Greece, where fate will lead him back to Zoe. But the war will not end easily for either of them.
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The Times Historical Book of the Month
Chosen as one of The Times historical fiction books of the year 2018

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780749022082
Publisert
2019-05-23
Utgiver
Vendor
Allison & Busby
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
384

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

PHILIP KAZAN was born in London and grew-up on Dartmoor. He is the author of two previous novels set in fifteenth-century Florence and the Petroc series following a thirteenth-century adventurer. After living in New York and Vermont, Philip is back on the edge of Dartmoor with his wife and three children.