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The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War I Paperback - 2003
by Ben MacIntyre
An unforgettable true story of love, loss, and betrayal in during World War I. When four British soldiers are trapped behind enemy lines, they are sheltered in a tiny French village. When a love affair between a private and a French village girl results in a child, an unspeakable betrayal is committed that would haunt the village for generations.
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In the first terrifying days of World War I, four British soldiers found themselves trapped behind enemy lines on the western front. They were forced to hide in the tiny French village of Villeret, whose inhabitants made the courageous decision to shelter the fugitives until they could pass as Picard peasants. The Englishman's Daughter is the never-before-told story of these extraordinary men, their protectors, and of the haunting love affair between Private Robert Digby and Claire Dessenne, the most beautiful woman in Villeret. Their passion would result in the birth of a child known as "The Englishman's Daughter," and in an act of unspeakable betrayal, a tragic legacy that would haunt the village for generations to come. Through the testimonies of the villagers and the last letters of the soldiers, acclaimed journalist Ben Macintyre has pieced together a harrowing account of how life was lived behind enemy lines during the Great War, and offers a compelling solution to a gripping mystery that reverberates to this day. - Publisher.
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On a balmy evening at the end of August in the year 1914, four young soldiers of the British army-two Englishmen and a pair of Irishmen-crouched in terror under a hedgerow near the Somme River in northern France, painfully adjusting to the realisation that they were profoundly and hopelessly lost, adrift in a briefly tranquil no-man's-land somewhere between their retreating comrades and the rapidly advancing German army, the largest concentration of armed men the world had ever seen.
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In the first terrifying days of World War I, four British soldiers found themselves trapped behind enemy lines on the western front. They were forced to hide in the tiny French village of Villeret, whose inhabitants made the courageous decision to shelter the fugitives until they could pass as Picard peasants.
The Englishman's Daughter is the never-before-told story of these extraordinary men, their protectors, and of the haunting love affair between Private Robert Digby and Claire Dessenne, the most beautiful woman in Villeret. Their passion would result in the birth of a child known as "The Englishman's Daughter," and in an act of unspeakable betrayal, a tragic legacy that would haunt the village for generations to come.
Through the testimonies of the villagers and the last letters of the soldiers, acclaimed journalist Ben Macintyre has pieced together a harrowing account of how life was lived behind enemy lines during the Great War, and offers a compelling solution to a gripping mystery that reverberates to this day.
The Englishman's Daughter is the never-before-told story of these extraordinary men, their protectors, and of the haunting love affair between Private Robert Digby and Claire Dessenne, the most beautiful woman in Villeret. Their passion would result in the birth of a child known as "The Englishman's Daughter," and in an act of unspeakable betrayal, a tragic legacy that would haunt the village for generations to come.
Through the testimonies of the villagers and the last letters of the soldiers, acclaimed journalist Ben Macintyre has pieced together a harrowing account of how life was lived behind enemy lines during the Great War, and offers a compelling solution to a gripping mystery that reverberates to this day.
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- Title The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War I
- Author Ben MacIntyre
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Delta, U.S.A.
- Date February 4, 2003
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780385336796 / 0385336799
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.97 x 6.07 x 0.76 in (22.78 x 15.42 x 1.93 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 1900-1919
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: French
- Library of Congress subjects Digby, Robert, World War, 1914-1918 - Missing in action -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001033477
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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- New York Times, 02/09/2003, Page 28
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