The undertaking

Audrey Magee

earliest edition we have, 2014 W F Howes Ltd, 2014 359 pages

"In a desperate bid to escape the trenches of the Eastern front, Peter Faber, an ordinary German soldier, marries Katharina Spinell, a woman he has never met, in a marriage of convenience that promises 'honeymoon' leave for him and a pension for her should he die in the war. With ten days' leave secured, Peter visits his new wife in Berlin, and both are surprised by the passion that develops between them. When Peter...

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Undertaking edition · 2015 · Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9780802124159
Undertaking edition · 2014 · Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 228 pages · 9780802192615
The undertaking edition · 2014 · Atlantic Books · 9781782391050
Undertaking edition · 2014 · Atlantic Books, Limited · 304 pages · 9781782391067
The undertaking edition · 2014 · W F Howes Ltd · 359 pages · 9781471258374
Undertaking edition · 2014 · Atlantic Books, Limited · 304 pages · 9781782391036
Undertaking edition · 2014 · Atlantic Books, Limited · 300 pages · 9781782391043
The undertaking edition · 2014 · 287 pages · 9780802122452

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