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A Foreign Field: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in the Great War by Ben Macintyre (Paperback, 2002)
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Authors: Macintyre, Ben. A Foreign Field. Title: A Foreign Field. Binding: Paperback. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Weight: 268 Gms. Condition: Good.
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A wartime romance, survival saga and murder mystery set in rural France during the First World War. Four young British soldiers find themselves trapped behind enemy lines at the height of the fighting on the Western front in August 1914; unable to get back to their units, they shelter in the tiny French village of Villeret. Living in daily fear of capture and execution, they are fed, clothed and protected by the villagers including the local matriarch, Madame Dessenne, the baker and his wife. The self-styled leader of the band of fugitives, Private Robert Digby, falls in love with the twenty-year-old-daughter of one of his protectors and in November 1915, with war waging a few miles away, she gives birth to a baby girl. The child is just six months old when someone betrays the men to the Germans. They are captured, tried as spies and summarily condemned to death. Using the testimonies of the daughter, the villagers, detailed town hall records and most movingly -- the soldiers' last letters -- Ben Macintyre reconstructs an extraordinarily story of love, duplicity and shame -- ultimately seeking to discover through decades of village rumour the answer to the question, 'Who betrayed Private Digby and his men?'Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780006531715
eBay Product ID (ePID)90211178
Product Key Features
Book TitleA Foreign Field: a True Story of Love and Betrayal in the Great War
AuthorBen Macintyre
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistory
Publication Year2002
TypeTextbook
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width142mm
Item Weight246g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorBen Macintyre
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 24 Feb, 2021
Great story but a unnecessary sad ending (cant change the truth), would make a great film.
Second hand book, very clean, almost new.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 20 Apr, 2021
Good book.
Excellent product.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
