The Redeemed [electronic resource] : The West Country Trilogy
Tim Pears2019
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"SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2020
A stirring, exquisitely rendered tale of homecoming; the final instalment in Tim
Pears's epic West Country Trilogy
Selected as a book of 2019 by the Guardian, Scotsman and The Times
It is 1916. The world has gone to war, and young Leo Sercombe, hauling coal
aboard the HMS Queen Mary, is a long way from home. The wild, unchanging West
Country roads of his boyhood seem very far away from life aboard a
battlecruiser, a universe of well-oiled steel, of smoke and spray and sweat,
where death seems never more than a heartbeat away.
Skimming through those West Country roads on her motorcycle, Lottie Prideaux
defies the expectations of her class and sex as she covertly studies to be a
vet. But the steady rhythms of Lottie's practice, her comings and goings between
her neighbours and their animals, will be blown apart by a violent act of
betrayal, and a devastating loss.
In a world torn asunder by war, everything dances in flu...
Main title:
Author:
Tim Pears, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (400)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781526601049
Language:
English
BRN:
448463
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |