The Dearest And The Best

Leslie Thomas

Original title: The Dearest and the Best

first published 1984 Penguin, 1985 442 pages

'Thomas just keeps on giving fiction a good name' Daily MailIn the spring of 1940, the spectre of war turned into grim reality. And on the English home front, men, women and children found themselves swept into a maelstrom of fear and uncertainty while events abroad led inexorably from the debacles of Norway and Dunkirk to the horror and glory of the Battle of Britain. For the Lovatt family – James, seconded on a hus...

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Dearest and the Best edition · 2011 · Penguin Random House · 544 pages · 9780099550235
The Dearest And The Best ebook · 2008 · Random House Publishing Group · 9781407076027
The Dearest and the Best paperback · 2005 · Arrow · 356 pages · 9780099474227
The Dearest and the Best audiobook · 2000 · ISIS Audio Books · 9780753109717
The Dearest and the Best audiobook · 2000 · ISIS Audio Books · 9780753109151
The dearest and the best edition · 1985 · Penguin · 442 pages
The dearest and the best edition · 1984 · Methuen · 421 pages

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