The death of the Fronsac

Neal Ascherson

earliest edition we have, 2017 this edition, 2017

"This is an unforgettable recreation of life in wartime, and of the tragic fate of Poland in the 20th century: a novel about sabotage, betrayal, and the terrible sadness of exile. In 1940, during the Phoney War, a French destroyer blows up in the Firth of Clyde. The disaster is witnessed by Jackie, a young girl who, for a time, thinks she caused the explosion by running away that day from school; by her mother Helen,...

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Death of the Fronsac edition · 2018 · Head of Zeus · 400 pages · 9781786694393
Death of the Fronsac edition · 2017 · Apollo Publishing, Limited · 368 pages · 9781786694386
The death of the Fronsac edition · 2017 · 9781786694362

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