It is 1920, and against the backdrop of a world ravaged by
conflict, Harry’s story begins with the words ‘I was told that my father
was killed in the war’. Harry’s existence is defined by the death of
his father and he seems destined to a life on the docks until a
remarkable gift wins him a scholarship to an exclusive boys school and
entry into a world he could never have envisaged.
Over the course
of twenty years, as the Second World War and the fight against Hitler
draws nearer, Harry will learn the awful truth about his father’s death
and of his own connections to a powerful shipping family, the
Barringtons. And in doing so, he will change his destiny forever . . .
- Herausgeber
:
Pan; Main Market Edition, 2011
- Sprache
:
Englisch
- Taschenbuch
:
450 Seiten
- ISBN-10
:
1509847561
- ISBN-13
:
978-1509847563