A Foreign Field
A True Story of Love and Betrayal in the Great War
$26.84
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
2 November 2010
Summary
A wartime romance, survival saga and murder mystery set in rural France during the First World War, from the bestselling author of ‘Operation Mincemeat’ and ‘Agent Zig-Zag’.
Four young British soldiers find themselves trapped behind enemy lines at the height of the fighting on the Western Front in August 1914. Unable to get back to their units, they shelter in the tiny French village of Villeret, where they are fed, clothed and protected by the villagers, including the local matriarch…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780007395262 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0007395264 |
| Author: | Ben Macintyre |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | HarperPress |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 2 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘A simple and touching tale of self-sacrificing courage and love in war … turns into a page-turning mystery and a spy story worthy of Deighton or le Carre. I loved it’ The Times
‘I loved “A Foreign Field”, the true story of an English soldier stranded behind enemy lines … at once a great romance, a war story, a social history and a whodunit’ Sunday Telegraph
‘At the simplest level this is a love story. Stirring, ambitious and profound, this is storytelling at its very best’ Sunday Times
‘The true story of seven British soldiers trapped behind enemy lines, with brilliant research, [Macintyre has] built a powerful picture of what life was like for the Picardy villagers who protected them. I was fascinated’ Evening Standard
Ben Macintyre
Ben Macintyre is the author of Forgotten Fatherland, The Napoleon of Crime, A Foreign Field and Agent Zigzag. He is the former parliamentary sketch-writer for The Times and has been the paper’s correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. He now lives in London.
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