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IN PALE BATTALIONS

IN PALE BATTALIONS

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IN PALE BATTALIONS

by Goddard, Robert

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London: Bantam Press, 1988. Pp. 298(last blank); med. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, fore-edges of boards slightly bruised, the lower board faintly scuffed; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with tape repair at head of backstrip on reverse, the back panel a trifle foxed; the upper free endpaper lightly soiled and with signs of bookplate removal, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Bantam Press, London, 1988. First edition. *Author's second novel.

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Six months after her husband's sudden death, Leonora Galloway sets off for a holiday in Paris with her daughter Penelope. At last the time has come when secrets can be shared and explanations begin...Six months after her husband's sudden death, Leonora Galloway sets off for a holiday in Paris with her daughter Penelope. At last the time has come when secrets can be shared and explanations begin... Their journey starts with an unscheduled stop at the imposing Thiepval Memorial to the dead of the Battle of the Somme near Amiens. Amongst those commemorated is Leonora's father. The date of his death is recorded as 30th April, 1916. But Leonora wasn't born until 14th March 1917. Penelope at once supposes a simple wartime illegitimacy as the clue to her mother's unhappy childhood and the family's sundered connections with her aristocratic heritage, about which she has always known so little. But nothing could have prepared her, or the reader, for the extraordinary story that is about to unfold.

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Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller AU (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
IN PALE BATTALIONS
Author
Goddard, Robert
Book Condition
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Publisher
Bantam Press
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1988

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