Crimson Portrait
by Jody Shields
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Format: Book
Pages: 384 pages
Published by: W F Howes
ISBN: 9781407402048
Subject: Historical fiction
Pages: 384 pages
Published by: W F Howes
ISBN: 9781407402048
Subject: Historical fiction
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Spring 1915. On a sprawling country estate not far from London, a young woman mourns her husband, fallen on a distant battlefield. The eerie stillness in which she grieves is abruptly shattered as her home is transformed into a bustling military hospital. Recoiling from the chaos and unhinged by grief, the young widow finds unexpected refuge in a tender young soldier whose face, concealed by bandages, she cannot see. Their affair takes a fateful turn when she confronts - and seizes upon - the opportunity to remake her lover in the image of her lost husband...