The house is full of people, and oddly none of them are related to one another. He doesn't find the pastoral English country setting he was expecting. When Lieutenant Tom Franklin arrives at the Hallows manor house Moengate to recover from a shattered shoulder he received at the Battle of the Somme, he really was looking forward to meeting the wife and family of his good friend John Hallows. As she unravels the truth from a nest of misdirection she discovers that.Įverybody lies, everybody lies, everybody lies., At several points she feels she has all the pieces only to find a new fact that keeps her life a kaleidoscope of distorted images never quite forming a crisp, clear picture she can trust. His death is only the first piece in a puzzle that takes decades for his daughter to ascertain the identity of her parents and the roles played by the constellation of people surrounding the events of this novel. In 1916, Captain John Hallows is reported killed in action in the Flanders fields of World War One. Great Death has made all his for evermore. Perceive one face that you loved heretofore, But nothing could have prepared her, or the reader, for the extraordinary story that is about to unfold.Then, scanning all the o'ercrowded mass, should you

Penelope at once supposes a simple wartime illegitimacy as the clue to her mother’s unhappy childhood and the family’s sundered connections with her aristocratic heritage, about which she has always known so little.

But Leonora wasn’t born until 14th March 1917. The date of his death is recorded as 30th April, 1916. Amongst those commemorated is Leonora’s father. At last the time has come when secrets can be shared and explanations begin… Their journey starts with an unscheduled stop at the imposing Thiepval Memorial to the dead of the Battle of the Somme near Amiens. Amongst those commemorated is Leonora’s fa Six months after her husband’s sudden death, Leonora Galloway sets off for a holiday in Paris with her daughter Penelope. Six months after her husband’s sudden death, Leonora Galloway sets off for a holiday in Paris with her daughter Penelope. You can read this before In Pale Battalions PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book In Pale Battalions written by Robert Goddard which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: In Pale Battalions by Robert Goddard

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