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In Pale Battalions
In Pale Battalions
Author: Robert Goddard
Six months after her husband's sudden death, Leonora Galloway sets off for a holiday in Paris with her daughter Penelope.  At last the time has come when secrets can be shared and explanations begin... — Their journey starts with an unscheduled stop at the imposing Thiepval Memorial to the dead of the Battle of the Somme near Amiens....  more »
ISBN-13: 9780671649456
ISBN-10: 0671649450
Publication Date: 9/1988
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4.7 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Holiday House
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 1
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I read this many years ago and still remember it. Very good read.
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In the best tradition of British storytelling, here murder, deceit, family honor, and intrigue are intricately woven into a compelling drama of decadent British aristocracy set during World War I. Leonora Galloway, who has for 50 years meticulously shunned discussion of her unpleasant childhood at the family ancestral home near Portsmouth, reveals her past to her daughter. In a controlled and measured way, Leonora recounts her tale, which includes discussion of Leonora's own questionable parentage, the details of an unsolved murder that occurred before she was born, her father's desertion from the army, and the ignominious end of a revered family name and a noble house. Enthralling to the final page.
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Shades of Daphne du Maurier...a tale of old misdeeds and present solutions, murders and sleuthing, remorse and retribution worthy of the past mistress herself.
"The Times"
London
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This is a very good mystery book and numerous plot twists. The ending left me feeling quite sad though.


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