The Village
A Novel of Wartime Crete
by Philip Duke
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Pub Date Mar 29 2019 | Archive Date Mar 29 2019
John Hunt Publishing Ltd | Top Hat Books
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Description
A Cretan village confronts the Nazi juggernaut sweeping across Europe. A village matriarch tries to hold her family together...Her grieving son finds a new life in the Cretan Resistance…A naive English soldier unwillingly finds the warrior in himself…And a fanatical German paratrooper is forced to question everything he thought he believed in. The lives of four ordinary people are irrevocably entwined and their destinies changed forever as each of them confronts the horrors of war and its echoes down the decades.
Advance Praise
The Village is a character-driven novel and a thoroughly good read from beginning to end. Philip Duke’s four main characters are distinct, well drawn, believable, and sympathetic… What happens to Yianni and Anastasia because of the war fought in Crete provides a wonderful contrast to what happens to Paul and Dieter when they mature into soldiers sent to the island. Before they finally appear together in the central village of the book’s title, Duke has hauntingly reminded us of the essential, personal tragedies wrought by war.
Shaila Van Sickle, Emeritus Professor and author of Seven Characters in Search of an Author
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A rare insight into WWII and Nazi occupation from the perspective of the people of Crete in this skilful weaving of fact and fiction.
A rare insight into WWII and Nazi occupation from the perspective of the people of Crete in this skilful weaving of fact and fiction.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781785359101 |
| PRICE | £11.99 (GBP) |
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