Summary
A heartland World War II family drama centring around the Castell family from acclaimed WW2 historian James Holland
A Times 2024 Best Summer Read
The village of Alvesdon has been home to the Castells for generations. But the year is 1939 and the peace and tranquillity there is about to be shattered once more by the stormclouds of war in Europe. As three generations of the family gather, they must all face the prospect of their lives being transformed beyond recognitio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804991411 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804991414 |
| Author: | James Holland |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 8 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 379g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 32mm |
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Critics Review
James Holland’s professional as a historian of the Second World War is evident in the vivid and nuanced portrayal of all the varied theatres of conflict. * The Times *A beautiful, evocative novel that captures the fear and mood of the early days of the war – Dermot O’Leary
About The Author
James Holland
James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of best-selling histories including most recently The Savage Storm and Cassino ‘44, he is also the author of ten works of fiction and a dozen Ladybird Experts.
He is the co-founder of the annual Chalke Valley History Festival which is now in its twelfth year, and he has presented - and written - many television programmes and series for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic and the History and Discovery channels.
With Al Murray, he has a successful Second World War podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk, which also has its own festival, and is a research fellow at St Andrew’s University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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