The return of Captain John Emmett

Elizabeth Speller

Original title: The Return of Captain John Emmett

earliest edition we have, 2011 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers, 2011

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Captivating and elegant... both a gripping mystery and an elegy for the tragedies of the Great War. 1920. The Great War has been over for two years. Following the death of his wife and baby and his experiences on the Western Front, Laurence Bartram has become something of a recluse, until a young woman he once knew persuades him back into the world. She wants him to look into events that have apparently led her broth...

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Return of Captain John Emmett edition · 2011 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 448 pages · 9780748126972
Return of Captain John Emmett edition · 2011 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers · 9781299882560
The return of Captain John Emmett edition · 2011 · Magna · 421 pages · 9780750534178
Return of Captain John Emmett edition · 2011 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers · 448 pages · 9780547511764
The Return of Captain John Emmett paperback · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 9781844086085

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