Description
| Product ID: | 9781787636705 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Alvesdon |
| Authors: | Author: James Holland |
| Page Count: | 448 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Historical fiction, History, Second World War, Sagas, Historical fiction, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 'A beautiful, evocative novel that captures the fear and mood of the early days of the war' Dermot O'LearyThe village of Alvesdon has been home to the Castells for generations. But the year is 1939 and the peace and tranquillity there is about to be shattered once more by the stormclouds of war in Europe. As three generations of the family gather, they must all face the prospect of their lives being transformed beyond recognition the moment Britain declares war on Germany. When the inevitable happens and Britain finds itself at war, the younger members of the family and farm workers are called up to fight and those who remain must battle to keep the home fires burning and the farm afloat. The gentle certainties of rural life are replaced by the urgent clamour of war, in the air, at sea and on land, where events unfold with dizzying rapidity and unexpected consequences. Stretching from the glorious summer of 1939 to the Battle of Britain the following year, acclaimed historian James Holland paints a compelling and immersive fictional portrait of how the war changed everything. For one family and for a community, their way of life can never really be the same again… ''A beautiful, evocative novel that captures the fear and mood of the early days of the war'' Dermot O''Leary |
| Imprint Name: | Bantam (Transworld) |
| Publisher Name: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-06-13 |