THE DEATH OF THE FRONSAC: A Nove
- TITLE: THE DEATH OF THE FRONSAC: A NOVEL
- AUTHOR(S): Neal Ascherson (AUTHOR)
- PUBLISHER/DATE: APOLLO: 2018
- BINDING: PAPERBACK
- GENRE: HISTORICAL
- CONDITION: This is a Used Paperback. Its condition is Very Good Crease to spine slight wear edges/corners overall an excellent clean copy
- TOPICS: World war II
- UPC/ISBN: 9781786694393
- DIMENSIONS: W:12.90 H:19.80 D:2.50cms
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A STORY OF SABOTAGE, BETRAYAL AND THE TERRIBLE SADNESS OF EXILE.
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.
AUTHOR/EDITOR: NEAL ASCHERSON (AUTHOR)
Neal Ascherson is a journalist and writer. He reported from Asia, Africa and Central Europe for the Observer. He contributes regularly to the New York Review and the LRB. His books include Black Sea, Games with Shadows and The Polish August.
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