- Fiction, romance, suspense, World war, 1914-1918, fiction, Married people, fiction, World War, 1914-1918
In 1916, French artist Edouard Lefevre leaves his wife Sophie to fight at the Front. When her town falls into German hands, his portrait of Sophie stirs the heart of the local Kommandant and causes her to risk everything - her family, reputation and life - in the hope of seeing her true love one last time.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and effortless.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- cooloverwhelming
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- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 528
- Publisher
- Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Penguin Publishing Group, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- English, Polish, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9781410461322
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Pauline Sara Jo Moyes was born on 4 August 1969 and in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK, but grew up in London. She was the only child of Elizabeth J. McKee and James C. Moyes. She studied at Royal Holloway, University of London and Bedford New College, London University. She lives on a farmhouse in Great Sampford, Essex with her husband, journalist Charles Arthur, and their three children. After a varied career including stints as a minicab controller, typer of braille statements for blind people for NatWest, and brochure writer for Club 18-30 she did a degree at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London University. In 1992 She won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper to attend
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