Fires In The Dark

von Louise Doughty

560 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

From the author of APPLE TREE YARD, now a major BBC drama starring Emily Watson It is 1927. Yenko is born in a barn in rural Bohemia to a tribe of Coppersmith Gypsies. Traditional people who survive by plying their skills as they travel throughout Central Europe, they live through the Depression and the rise of Nazism. But the greatest danger comes from the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the German army. Yenko escapes the clutches of the invaders but is forced to adopt many guises in order to survive and rescue his family and his love. If he succeeds he can truly become a Romany man - but in the end who is he?From the rural Gypsy traditions of the inter-war era, through the Nazi invasion, culminating in the drama of the Prague Uprising of May 1945, Louise Doughty has created a breathtaking novel of grand scope.

• Reihe: Simon & Schuster UK
• ISBN: 9781471137587
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.06.2014
• Größe: 198 x 128 mm
• Verlag: Simon & Schuster UK Ltd