A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2019
“Mr. Miller strikes an impressive balance between adventure and atmosphere.”–The Wall Street Journal
When Captain John Lacroix returns home from Spain, wounded, unconscious, and alone, he believes that he has seen the worst of what men may do. It is 1809, and in England’s wars against Napoleon, the Battle of Corruna stands out as a humiliation: a once-proud army forced to retreat, civilized men reduced to senseless acts of cruelty.
Slowly regaining his health, Lacroix journeys north to the misty isles of Scotland with the intent of forgetting the horrors of the war. Unbeknownst to him, however, something else has followed him back from the war–something far more dangerous than a memory…
Author: Andrew Miller
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 09/10/2019
Pages: 432
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.20w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781609455439
Language: English
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