- Fiction, Great Britain Civil War, 1642-1649, History, Fiction, historical
"Torn in two by a vicious civil war, seventeenth-century England was the scene of extraordinary violence. Among the soldiers traveling the country from one deadly battle to another is Jacob Cullen, a former servant who dreams of baptizing himself with the blood of battle into a new life after the war. Only his brewing erotic obsession with a fellow fighter threatens his plans."--BOOK JACKET.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and bleak.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Maria McCann
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 555
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Limited, Flamingo, Harcourt
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9780002261944
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