The Death of the Fronsac: A Novel Hardback
by Neal Ascherson
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A STORY OF SABOTAGE, BETRAYAL AND THE TERRIBLE SADNESS OF EXILE. 'Remarkable'The Times. 'A magnificent novel'The Times. 'Gripping'The Spectator. Scotland, 1940: The Fronsac, a French warship, blows up in the Firth of Clyde.
The disaster is witnessed by three locals. Jackie, a young girl who thinks she caused the explosiong by running away from school.
Her mother Helen, a spirited woman married to a dreary young officer; and their lodger, a Polish soldier whose country has just been erased from the map by Hitler and Stalin.
All their lives will be changed by the death of the Fronsac.
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- Pages:400 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:10/08/2017
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- ISBN:9781786694379
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:400 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:10/08/2017
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- ISBN:9781786694379