In Pale Battalions

Author(s): Robert Goddard

Fiction

Six months after the sudden death of her husband, Leonora Galloway sets out on a trip to France with her daughter Penelope. At last the time has come when secrets can be shared and explanations begin...Leonora takes her daughter to the battlefields of WW1, where her father is commemorated on the Thiepval Monument. But the date of his death is surprising, and reveals that Captain John Hallows cannot possibly have been Leonora's real father. This is only the start of a series of revelations that span three generations of a distinguished aristocratic family who are not what they seem. Penelope must piece together a tale of war, of loss, of greed, deception and vice - and the perpetrator of a murder left unsolved for more than half a century...

General Information

  • : 9780552162968
  • : Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • : Corgi Books
  • : 0.325
  • : 01 September 2010
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 August 2010
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Robert Goddard
  • : Paperback
  • : 1101
  • : 823.914
  • : 464

More About The Product

A riveting bestseller from one of the UK's biggest thriller writers.

Robert Goddard was born in Hampshire and read History at Cambridge. His first novel, Past Caring, was an instant bestseller. Since then his books have captivated readers worldwide with their edge-of-the-seat pace and their labyrinthine plotting. His first Harry Barnett novel, Into the Blue, was winner of the first WHSmith Thumping Good Read Award and was dramatized for TV, starring John Thaw.