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The Passing Bells #2
William Morrow
January 2013
On Sale: January 2, 2013
ISBN: 0062229338
EAN: 9780062229335
Kindle: B0089LOLMU
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Historical | Fiction
A generation has been lost on the Western Front. The dead
have been buried, a harsh peace forged, and the howl of
shells replaced by the wail of saxophones as the Jazz Age
begins. But ghosts linger—that long-ago golden summer of
1914 tugging at the memory of Martin Rilke and his British
cousins, the Grevilles. From the countess to the chauffeur, the inhabitants of
Abingdon Pryory seek to forget the past and adjust their
lives to a new era in which old values, social codes, and
sexual mores have been irretrievably swept away. Martin
Rilke throws himself into reporting, discovering unsettling
political currents, as Fenton Wood-Lacy faces exile in
faraway army outposts. Back at Abingdon, Charles Greville
shows signs of recovery from shell shock and Alexandra is
caught up in an unlikely romance. Circles of Time captures
the age as these strongly drawn characters experience it,
unfolding against England's most gracious manor house, the
steamy nightclubs of London's Soho, and the despair of
Germany caught in the nightmare of anarchy and inflation.
Lives are renewed, new loves found, and a future of peace
and happiness is glimpsed—for the moment.
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