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Noel Barber's bestselling novel, a grand and passionate drama set in the tumultuous decades around WWII, repackaged as a Hodder Great Read.

About the Author

Noel Barber has enchanted millions of readers with his six bestselling novels. In these powerfully exotic novels he drew upon his own experience as one of the leading foreign correspondents from the 40s to the 60s working on the Daily Mail. He was the first Briton to reach the South Pole since Scott, was stabbed five times while covering the wars in Morocco and was shot during the Hungarian uprising. He died in 1988.

Reviews

'His best so far' -- Daily Mail 'Barber is a master' -- Mail on Sunday 'A story as majestic and fertile as its setting' -- Publishers Weekly