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In Pale Battalions

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Publisher Description

Six months after the sudden death of her husband, Leonora Galloway sets out on a trip to France with her daughter Penelope. At last the time has come when secrets can be shared and explanations begin... Leonora takes her daughter to the battlefields of WW1, where her father is commemorated on the Thiepval Monument. But the date of his death is surprising, and reveals that Captain John Hallows cannot possibly have been Leonora's real father.

This is only the start of a series of revelations that span three generations of a distinguished aristocratic family who are not what they seem. Penelope must piece together a tale of war, of loss, of greed, deception and vice - and the perpetrator of a murder left unsolved for more than half a century...

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GENRE
Crime & Thrillers
RELEASED
2010
26 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
464
Pages
PUBLISHER
Transworld
SIZE
2.7
MB

Customer Reviews

Col. Russel ,

Remarkable

Every now and again a writer of thrillers transcends his genre and the author has does so on this occasion. This is an enthralling family mystery which evolves through inter-linking narratives by a series of narrators. But it is more than that, a heartfelt meditation on love, loss, greed, ambition and honour which I will long remember.

Chummy dragon ,

A Long Drawn Out Book.

I could have written it in a third of the pages! A good idea but overdeveloped and over complicated. By the time I reached the end I was forgetting who many of the characters were. Perhaps a failing on my part but I can’t stick with a book that long. Others may enjoy really getting into it.

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