Dover Beach

Leslie Thomas

first published 2005 William Heinemann, 2005 320 pages

LIFE, LOVE AND DEATH IN WAR-TIME ENGLANDSummer 1940. The evacuation of Dunkirk proves that the British can rise to a challenge, even against seemingly insurmountable odds. But now the soldiers walk the streets of Dover, even wandering through Woolworths store, and take weary turns on the town's skating rink.Life, despite the threat of invasion and the reality of bombing, must go on and people must take comfort where...

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Dover Beach ebook · 2008 · Random House Publishing Group · 9781407076287
Dover beach edition · 2006 · Charnwood · 9781846174292
Dover Beach paperback · 2006 · Arrow · 320 pages · 9780099478645
Dover Beach edition · 2005 · William Heinemann · 320 pages · 9780434013265
Dover Beach edition · 2005 · Penguin Random House · 9781845791636

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