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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. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 41. Weight in Grams: 782.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846558771
SKU
9781846558771
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About Louis de Bernieres
Louis de Bernières 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
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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