In the brief golden years of King Edward VII's reign, Rosie McCosh and her three very different sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent, with their neighbours the Pitt boys on one side and the Pendennis boys on the other. But their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of war that will engulf them on the cusp of adulthood. When the boys end up scattered along the Western Front, Rosie faces the challenges of life for those left behind. Confused by her love for two young men - one an infantry soldier and one a flying ace - she has to navigate her way through extraordinary times. Can she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the Great War? Louis de Bernières' magnificent and moving novel follows the lives of an unforgettable cast of characters as they strike out to seek what happiness can be built from the ruins of the old world.
Die Daniel Pitt Trilogie Reihe
Diese Trilogie entfaltet sich in den turbulenten Jahren um die Jahrhundertwende, in denen junge Menschen persönliche Dramen inmitten des nahenden Schattens eines globalen Konflikts erleben. Sie verfolgt die Schicksale von Familien, deren Erfahrungen von Liebe, Verlust und der Suche nach Glück in äußerst schwierigen Zeiten geprägt sind. Die Erzählungen erforschen die Zerbrechlichkeit menschlicher Beziehungen und die Widerstandsfähigkeit, die erforderlich ist, um selbst nach immensen Zerstörungen eine neue Zukunft aufzubauen. Dies ist eine bewegende Geschichte über das Erwachsenwerden und den unbeugsamen Geist angesichts tiefgreifender historischer Umwälzungen.
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So much life left over
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Rosie and Daniel have moved to Ceylon with their little daughter to start a new life at the dawn of the 1920s, attempting to put the trauma of the First World War behind them, and to rekindle a marriage that gets colder every day. However, even in the lush plantation hills it is hard for them to escape the ties of home and the yearning for fulfilment that threatens their marriage. Back in England, Rosie's three sisters are dealing with different challenges in their searches for family, purpose and happiness. These are precarious times, and they find themselves using unconventional means to achieve their desires. Around them the world is changing, and when Daniel finds himself in Germany he witnesses events taking a dark and forbidding turn.
The Autumn of the Ace
- 288 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
Louis de Bernieres is the master of historical fiction that makes you both laugh and cry, in the perfect nostalgic read to escape with this autumn. Is it ever too late to change your story? Daniel Pitt was an RAF fighter in the First World War and an espionage agent for the SOE in the Second.