A Lily of the Field (Paperback, Main)

Written by 'a sublimely elegant historical novelist as addictive as crack' (Daily Telegraph), the Inspector Troy series is perfect for fans of Le Carre, Philip Kerr and Alan Furst. Vienna, 1934. Ten-year-old cello prodigy Meret Voytek becomes a pupil of concert pianist Viktor Rosen, a Jew in exile from Germany. The Isle of Man, 1940. An interned Hungarian physicist is recruited for the Manhattan Project in Los Alomos, building the atom bomb for the Americans. Auschwitz, 1944. Meret is imprisoned but is saved from certain death to play the cello in the camp orchestra. She is playing for her life. London, 1948. Viktor Rosen wants to relinquish his Communist Party membership after thirty years. His comrade and friend reminds him that he committed for life... These seemingly unconnected strands all collide forcefully with a brazen murder on a London Underground platform, revealing an intricate web of secrecy and deception which Detective Frederick Troy must untangle.

General

Imprint:	Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Inspector Troy series
Release date:	April 2012
First published:	May 2012
Authors:	John Lawton (Author)
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	381
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-1-61185-591-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-61185-591-8
Barcode:	9781611855913

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