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Hal Treherne is a young and dedicated soldier on the brink of a brilliant career. Impatient to see action, his other deep commitment is to Clara, his beautiful red, white and blue girl , who sustains him as he rises through the ranks. When Hal is transferred to the Mediterranean, Clara, now his wife, and their baby daughters join him. But Cyprus is no sunshine posting , and the island is in the heat of the Emergency- the British are defending the colony against Cypriots schoolboys and armed guerrillas alike battling for enosis, union with Greece. The skirmishes are far from glorious and operations often rough and bloody. Still, in serving his country and leading his men, Hal has a taste of triumph. Clara shares his sense of duty. She must settle down, make no fuss, smile. But action changes Hal, and Clara becomes fearful of the lethal tit-for-tat beyond the army base, and her increasingly distant husband. The atrocities Hal is drawn into take him further from Clara; a betrayal that is only part of the shocking personal crisis to come. The prizewinning and bestselling author of The Outcast returns with an emotionally powerful portrait of a marriage in extremis and a worl
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- EditoreRandom House UK
- Data di pubblicazione2009
- ISBN 10 0701184566
- ISBN 13 9780701184568
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine376
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 376 pages. Hal Treherne is a young and dedicated soldier on t he brink of a brilliant career. Impatient to see action, his othe r deep commitment is to Clara, his beautiful red, white and blue girl, who sustains him as he rises through the ranks. When Hal is transferred to the Mediterranean, Clara, now his wife, and their baby daughters join him. But Cyprus is no sunshine posting, and the island is in the heat of the Emergency: the British are defen ding the colony against Cypriots schoolboys and armed guerrillas alike battling for enosis, union with Greece. The skirmishes are far from glorious and operations often rough and bloody. Still, i n serving his country and leading his men, Hal has a taste of tri umph. Clara shares his sense of duty. She must settle down, make no fuss, smile. But action changes Hal, and Clara becomes fearful of the lethal tit-for-tat beyond the army base, and her increasi ngly distant husband. The atrocities Hal is drawn into take him f urther from Clara; a betrayal that is only part of the shocking p ersonal crisis to come. The prizewinning and bestselling author o f The Outcast returns with an emotionally powerful portrait of a marriage in extremis and a world-view in question. Sadie Jones ha s produced a passionate, gut-wrenching and brilliantly researched depiction of a small wars with devastating consequences; and in doing so, raises important questions that resonate profoundly tod ay. Codice articolo 2673z
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