Nuns and Soldiers (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
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?A power of intellect quite exceptional in a novelist.? ?Sunday Times
?She is incapable of writing without fascinating and beautiful colour.? ?The Times
Book Description
Set in London and in the South of France, this brilliantly structured novel centers on two women: Gertrude Openshaw, bereft from the recent death of her husband, yet awakening to passion; and Anne Cavidge, who has returned in doubt from many years in a nunnery, only to encounter her personal Christ. A fascinating array of men and women hover in urgent orbit around them: the "Count," a lonely Pole obsessively reliving his émigré father's patriotic anguish; Tim Reede, a seedy yet appealing artist, and Daisy, his mistress; the manipulative Mrs. Mount; and many other magically drawn characters moving between desire and obligation, guilt and joy. This edition of Nuns and Soldiers includes a new introduction by renowned religious historian Karen Armstrong.
Nuns and Soldiers (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
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