In Pale Battalions
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780552132817 (0552132810)
ASIN: 0552132810
Publish date: 1989
Publisher: Corgi Books
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
France,
Suspense,
Fiction,
Historical
This is the first book I've read by Robert Goddard and it most certainly won't be the last. Very intriguing story that defies you to name the genre - Gothic romance, thriller, mystery, historical fiction, literary fiction - all apply. Based on the title, I thought this would be more of a war story...
bookshelves: fraudio, mystery-thriller, period-piece, summer-2011, published-1988, wwi Read from July 30 to 31, 2011 Read by.................. Tony BrittenAbr/Unabr................ UnabridgedTotal Runtime......... 13 Hrs 28 MinsBlurb - Six months after her husband's sudden death, Leonora Galloway...
Then, scanning all the o'ercrowded mass, should youPerceive one face that you loved heretofore,It is a spook. None wears the face you knew.Great Death has made all his for evermore.Waterlogged trench in WWIIn 1916, Captain John Hallows is reported killed in action in the Flanders fields of World War...
I had mixed feelings about this book. It was not what I had expected. It is a murder mystery with lots of twists and turns.I found the first 150 pages of the book a struggle and many times I thought I would just put it down but reading the other reviews of the book helped me continue on to the end...
Read by.................. Tony BrittenAbr/Unabr................ UnabridgedTotal Runtime......... 13 Hrs 28 MinsBlurb - 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 ex...