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By the author of SCHINDLER'S ARK, a profoundly affecting tale of love, courage and sacrifice and a searing evocation of the First World War from a fresh, female perspective.

About the Author

Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published more than thirty novels since. They include Schindler's Ark, which won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was subsequently made into the film Schindler's List, and The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates and Gossip From The Forest, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written several works of non-fiction, including his memoir Homebush Boy, Searching for Schindler and Australians. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney.

Reviews

Superbly exciting...unmissable, unforgettable.
*Kate Saunders, The Times*

'A tour de force of storytelling that is both epic and intimate, experimental and traditional.'
*James Kidd, Books of the Year, Independent on Sunday*

Along with a Tolstoyan ability to describe the horrors of battle, this amazing book also has an extraordinary intimacy...an altogether towering achievement.
*AN Wilson, Readers Digest*

'May be the best novel of his career: a book that aims for, and achieves, real grandeur'
*James Walton, Books of the Year, Spectator*

'Triumphant: this epic saga is one of the best things he has written'
*Michael Prodger, Financial Times*

Over and over again, a brief but brilliant phrase turns a statistic into a real person and wrings compassion from you.
*Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express*

'Superbly involving'
*Catherine Taylor, Books of the Year, Sunday Telegraph*