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Item Details
| Title:
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THE SOLDIER'S STORY
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| By: |
Bryan Forbes |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£18.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0704372800 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780704372801 |
| Publisher: |
QUARTET BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
1 July, 2012 |
| Edition: |
New ed. |
| Description: |
In the uneasy post-war peace of occupied Germany, a British soldier is billeted to a bombed Hamburg hotel. Alex's days are spent investigating Nazi war criminals, but it is a chance meeting with a German university professor in a shabby back-street bookshop that changes his life. |
| Synopsis: |
In the uneasy post-war peace of occupied Germany, a British soldier is billeted to a bombed Hamburg hotel. Alex's days are spent investigating Nazi war criminals, but it is a chance meeting with a German university professor in a shabby back-street bookshop that changes his life. Having befriended the professor and his wife, Alex falls in love with their only daughter, Lisa, only to discover that the professor may not be as innocent as he first appeared. The stale aftermath of a long and hideous war has left the old society in ruins. There are still many secrets to uncover and Alex has to ask himself what is more important - love or truth? As he digs deeper into the professor's past Alex is forced to recognise that he cannot have both - |
| Illustrations: |
ill |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Quartet Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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