Description for Resistance
hardcover. 1944. After the fall of Russia and the failed D-Day landings, half of Britain is occupied.. Young farmer's wife Sarah Lewis wakes to find her husband has disappeared, along with all of the men from her remote Welsh village. A German patrol arrives in the valley, the purpose of their mission is a mystery. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 522. Clean copy
1944. After the fall of Russia and the failed D-Day landings, half of Britain is occupied . . . Young farmer's wife Sarah Lewis wakes to find her husband has disappeared, along with all of the men from her remote Welsh village. A German patrol arrives in the valley, the purpose of their mission a mystery. Sarah begins a faltering acquaintance with the patrol's commanding officer, Albrecht, and it is to her that he reveals the purpose of his mission - to claim an extraordinary medieval art treasure that lies hidden in the valley. But as the pressure of ... Read more
1944. After the fall of Russia and the failed D-Day landings, half of Britain is occupied . . . Young farmer's wife Sarah Lewis wakes to find her husband has disappeared, along with all of the men from her remote Welsh village. A German patrol arrives in the valley, the purpose of their mission a mystery. Sarah begins a faltering acquaintance with the patrol's commanding officer, Albrecht, and it is to her that he reveals the purpose of his mission - to claim an extraordinary medieval art treasure that lies hidden in the valley. But as the pressure of ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571229635
SKU
KEX0200808
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Owen Sheers
Owen Sheers was born in Fiji in 1974 and brought up in Abergavenny, South Wales. The winner of an Eric Gregory Award and the 1999 Vogue Young Writer's Award, his first collection of poetry, The Blue Book was short-listed for the Welsh Book of the Year and the Forward Prize Best 1st Collection 2001. His debut prose The Dust Diaries, ... Read more
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