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The Dust That Falls from Dreams
Louis de Bernieres
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Description for The Dust That Falls from Dreams
Paperback. In the brief golden years before the outbreak of World War I, Rosie McCosh and her three sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent. But their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of the conflict. Can she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the Great War? Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 370.
A return to the epic romance, heroism, history and warm and eccentric cast of characters that made CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN such an extraordinary hit (2.5 million copies sold). In the brief golden years before the outbreak of World War I, 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 the conflict that will engulf them on the cusp of adulthood. ... Read more
A return to the epic romance, heroism, history and warm and eccentric cast of characters that made CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN such an extraordinary hit (2.5 million copies sold). In the brief golden years before the outbreak of World War I, 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 the conflict that will engulf them on the cusp of adulthood. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
369g
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099597834
SKU
V9780099597834
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Ref
99-99
About Louis de Bernieres
Louis de Bernieres is the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best Book in 1995. His most recent books are The Dust That Falls From Dreams, Birds Without Wings and A Partisan's Daughter, a collection of stories, Notwithstanding, and two collections of poetry, Imagining Alexandria and Of Love and Desire.
Reviews for The Dust That Falls from Dreams
A feast of a novel ... This book is very much a hit
John Sutherland The Times Louis de Bernieres is in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh... he has only to look into his world, one senses, for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste Evening Standard ... Read more
John Sutherland The Times Louis de Bernieres is in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh... he has only to look into his world, one senses, for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste Evening Standard ... Read more