The Winter Soldier
Produktbeschreibung
'Part mystery, part war story, part romance, The Winter Soldier is a dream of a novel' - Anthony Doerr, bestselling author of All The Light We Cannot See.<BR><BR>Discover this spellbinding story of love and the tragedies of war from the bestselling author of North Woods, Daniel Mason.<BR><BR>Vienna, 1914. Lucius is a young, idealistic medical student, whose life takes an unexpected turn with the outbreak of the First World War. Volunteering in the name of heroic battlefield tales, he finds himself in a catastrophic field-hospital, besieged by typhus, and thrust into a grueling learning process from the only remaining nurse.<BR><BR>The real test of his resolve comes with the arrival of an enigmatic soldier, his uniform filled with mysterious drawings. He seems beyond rescue, until Lucius makes a fateful decision that will change the course of his life . . .<BR><BR>'Held me by the throat from the first lyrical page to the last' - Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of Room<BR><BR>'One of the best books I've ever read' - Elizabeth Macneal, bestselling author of The Doll Factory<BR><BR>'One of the finest prose stylists in American fiction' - The New York Times