The Storms of War
$42.82
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2015
Summary
The Shattered Summer: A Novel of Love and War
In the idyllic early summer of 1914, life is good for the de Witt family. German Rudolf and his aristocratic English wife Verena are planning the wedding of their daughter, Emmeline, while their eldest son Arthur is studying in Paris and Michael is just back from his first term at Cambridge. Celia, the youngest of the de Witt children, is on the brink of adulthood, and secretly dreams of escaping her carefully mapped-out future and explo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409144885 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1409144887 |
| Author: | Kate Williams |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2015 |
| Weight: | 372g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 38mm |
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This terrific saga comes with a fascinating twist … Williams has a gift for showing how great movements in history affect the lives of people caught up in them - THE TIMES
Williams is too good a historian for melodramatic sentimentality; trusting the historical detail, the reader can relax into a well-paced, truly affecting narrative … Richly detailed, light of foot, Williams tantalises with loose ends and disturbs with shocking shadows - INDEPENDENTCelia de Witt is the 15-year-old daughter of a German-born industrialist and his aristocratic wife who live in a magnificent country house; her elder sister is about to have a grand society wedding. What could go wrong? The First World War, that’s what … shades of DOWNTON, with a dash of ATONEMENT - TATLERA wonderful evocation of a family torn apart by war, packed with drama and written with a sensitive warmth and fantastic historical insightAbout The Author
Kate Williams
Kate Williams is an author, social historian, constitutional and royal expert, broadcaster and novelist.
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