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The Shattered Tree - A Bess Crawford Mystery (Paperback)
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The Shattered Tree - A Bess Crawford Mystery (Paperback)
Series: Bess Crawford Mysteries, 8
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World War I battlefield nurse Bess Crawford goes to dangerous
lengths to investigate a wounded soldier's background-and uncover
his true loyalties-in this thrilling and atmospheric entry in the
bestselling "vivid period mystery series" (New York Times Book
Review). At the foot of a tree shattered by shelling and gunfire,
stretcher-bearers find an exhausted officer, shivering with cold
and a loss of blood from several wounds. The soldier is brought to
battlefield nurse Bess Crawford's aid station, where she stabilizes
him and treats his injuries before he is sent to a rear hospital.
The odd thing is, the officer isn't British-he's French. But in a
moment of anger and stress, he shouts at Bess in German. When Bess
reports the incident to Matron, her superior offers a ready
explanation. The soldier is from Alsace-Lorraine, a province in the
west where the tenuous border between France and Germany has
continually shifted through history, most recently in the
Franco-Prussian War of 1870, won by the Germans. But is the wounded
man Alsatian? And if he is, on which side of the war do his
sympathies really lie? Of course, Matron could be right, but Bess
remains uneasy-and unconvinced. If he was a French soldier, what
was he doing so far from his own lines ...and so close to where the
Germans are putting up a fierce, last-ditch fight? When the French
officer disappears in Paris, it's up to Bess-a soldier's daughter
as well as a nurse-to find out why, even at the risk of her own
life.
General
Imprint: |
William Morrow Paperbacks
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Bess Crawford Mysteries, 8 |
Release date: |
June 2017 |
Authors: |
Charles Todd
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Dimensions: |
203 x 135 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-238628-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
Historical mysteries
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LSN: |
0-06-238628-X |
Barcode: |
9780062386281 |
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