The summer before the war
Bestselling author Helen Simonson returns with a splendid historical novel full of the same wit, romance, and insight into the manners and morals of small-town British life as her beloved "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand." It's the summer of 1914 and life in the sleepy village of Ry...
| Main Author: | Simonson, Helen. |
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| Other Authors: | Hardingham, Fiona. |
| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Westminster, MD] : New York :
Books on Tape ; Random House Audio,
[2016]
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| Edition: | Unabridged. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here. |
| Summary: |
Bestselling author Helen Simonson returns with a splendid historical novel full of the same wit, romance, and insight into the manners and morals of small-town British life as her beloved "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand." It's the summer of 1914 and life in the sleepy village of Rye, England is about to take an interesting turn. Agatha Kent is expecting an unusual candidate to be the school's Latin teacher: Beatrice Nash, a young woman of good breeding in search of a position after the death of her father. Agatha's nephews, meanwhile, have come to spend the summer months, as always, both with dreams of their own. When Hugh is sent to pick up Beatrice from the train station - life, of course, changes. Here, these characters and others we come to love and root for become characters we hope and pray for when the shadow of the Great War looms ever closer to home. |
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| Item Description: |
Title from disc label. Compact disc. |
| Physical Description: |
13 audio discs (approximately 16 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time: |
15:47:00 |
| ISBN: |
9781101888599 1101888598 |
| Author Notes: |
Simonson's literary inspirations include Virginia Woolf and Henry James. Her novels, Major Pettigrews Last Stand and The Summer Before the War, are New York Times Bestsellers. (Bowker Author Biography) |