Tides of War

Informationen zum Autor Stella Tillyard is a writer and historian whose acclaimed biographies include Aristocrats , Citizen Lord and A Royal Affair . Her first novel, Tides of War , was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012. She has lived in the USA and Italy and now lives in London. Klappentext Newly-wed Harriet stands poised on the threshold of the adult world. Her husband James is setting off to join the Duke of Wellington's troops in Spain and left alone in London Harriet is taken under the wing of Lady Wellington. While Harriet plunges into a new life of freedom at home James faces the bloody reality of the battlefield. As war rages abroad and England stands on the brink of change Harriet and James face hope and heartache in equal measure. From the mantillas and palms of Seville to the gas lamps of foggy London Tides of War returns us to the vivid lost world of the past. Zusammenfassung Newly-wed Harriet stands poised on the threshold of the adult world. Her husband, James, is setting off to join the Duke of Wellington's troops in Spain and left alone in London, Harriet is taken under the wing of Lady Wellington.

Product details

• Authors: Stella Tillyard, Tillyard Stella
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.06.2012
• EAN: 9780099526421
• ISBN: 978-0-09-952642-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / War & Military, Historical fiction, United Kingdom, Great Britain, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary