- Fiction, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Inkerman, Battle of, Ukraine, 1854, Photographers
The highly acclaimed New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 1998 and Booker Prize Nominee that reinvents the historical novel from Beryl Bainbridge, the distinguished author of The Birthday Boys and Every Man For Himself.
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Meticulous, prestige, relentless and bleak.
- rawmeticulous
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Bainbridge, Beryl
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 190
- Publisher
- Chivers Audio Books, Carroll & Graf, Duckworth
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780786705634
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