By the Hands of Men: Book One: The Old World: Volume 1 - Brossura

Griffis, Roy M.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1492731420 ISBN 13: 9781492731429

Casa editrice: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Riassunto

“With elements reminiscent of Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, in the midst of World War I, a relationship develops between an English lieutenant and a young Russian nurse—a surprising tenderness against the backdrop of war...with likable characters, spending more time in the Old World is an appealing prospect.” - Kirkus Reviews

A soldier fights for his soul in the trenches of France.  A field hospital nurse battles death every day.  Are duty and honor enough of a reason to go on in the hell of a world at war?

A mere mile from the blood-drenched front lines, Russian refugee and nurse Charlotte Braninov encounters English Lieutenant Robert Fitzgerald, who helps her save the life of another soldier.  Robert’s calm, courtly manner lingers in Charlotte’s mind, a comforting memory amid the deluge of suffering that surrounds her when she returns to the hospital. 

Wounded during an unauthorized mission of mercy, Robert Fitzgerald finds himself demoted to a Medical Supply Officer, where he once more meets the brave young Russian nurse.  When Charlotte volunteers to help the Lieutenant learn about his duties in this new life of service, a quiet friendship blooms and love grows in that harshest of soils, even as the war rages on.  But human cruelty and endemic disease claw at their lives.  Can love survive in a world torn by warfare, greed, and deception?

The Old World, a novel that readers are calling “deeply moving,” “stunning,” and “magnificent, is the first volume of the By the Hands of Men series.  Epic historical fiction by Roy M. Griffis, the saga sweeps across four continents in a gripping tale of fate, loss, redemption, and love.

"A truly remarkable historical novel- so finely rendered in period detail - that the reader becomes one with the plot and characters." - RICK FRIEDMAN, FOUNDER, THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB (6500+ members)

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L'autore:

Roy “Griff” Griffis has written short stories, plays, poetry, novels, and screenplays. He is a member of the Writer’s Guild and a former US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer. His novel Lonesome George will be published in Spring 2014 by Liberty Island Media. The second volume of the “By the Hands of Men” series, entitled To the Colonies and Beyond, will be released in November 2013. He lives in Southern California with his family.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1492731420
• ISBN 13: 9781492731429
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 298