In a sunlit, secret valley in the green mountains of central Italy, two people meet away from the horrors and clamour of battle. David Hopkins, a young fisherman from West Wales, and Kate Medhurst from a genteel town in the Thames Valley embark upon an idyllic love affair away from the conflict that surrounds them. However, they cannot escape the war forever, and when they are targeted by a single enemy aeroplane, their dreams are destroyed.
Weeks later, Hopkins wakes up in a Russian hospital in Vienna where he's slowly recovering from serious wounds - with no recollection of the past. Eventually, transferred to an American hospital and then repatriated to Britain, Hopkins reluctantly returns to Wales. And there, alone and haunted by the months he cannot remember, Hopkins embarks upon a journey of rediscovery....
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"My first Leslie Thomas and I was pleasantly surprised. It depicts people participating in the war as real people, with flaws and issues. It is informative in terms of how you went from joining the forces to ending up on the front line and has a strong central romance." — Simon (4 out of 5 stars)
"My first Leslie Thomas and I was pleasantly surprised. It depicts people participating in the war as real people, with flaws and issues. It is informative in terms of how you went from joining the forces to ending up on the front line and has a strong central romance."
" Typical Leslie Thomas wartime book "
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