| Author: | Neal Ascherson | ISBN: | 9781786694362 |
| Publisher: | Head of Zeus | Publication: | August 10, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Apollo | Language: | English |
| Author: | Neal Ascherson |
| ISBN: | 9781786694362 |
| Publisher: | Head of Zeus |
| Publication: | August 10, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Apollo |
| Language: | English |
A STORY OF SABOTAGE, BETRAYAL AND THE TERRIBLE SADNESS OF EXILE.
**'Remarkable'**The Times.
**'A magnificent novel'**The Times.
**'Gripping'**The Spectator.
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.
A STORY OF SABOTAGE, BETRAYAL AND THE TERRIBLE SADNESS OF EXILE.
**'Remarkable'**The Times.
**'A magnificent novel'**The Times.
**'Gripping'**The Spectator.
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.
