- Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery, Historical
Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he’s old enough to enlist to fight the Germans.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- David Baldacci
- First published
- 2025
- Pages
- 448
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan, Grand Central Publishing
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781538742082
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