The book's hero, a 20-year-old Englishman named Stephen Wraysford, finds his true love on a trip to Amiens in 1910. Unfortunately, she's already married, the wife of a wealthy textile baron. Wrayford convinces her to leave a life of passionless comfort to be at his side, but things do not turn out according to plan. Wraysford is haunted by this doomed affair and carries it with him into the trenches of the war.

An interesting book. It described the conditions vividly and left you feeling a little wrung out at times. I enjoyed the way the story bounced back and forth as that gave some relief from the harshness of the war era part of the book and some contrast.
A good book, and one that I'm glad I read.

Thanks so much for your donation Caroley!

This book is now part of the 1001-library. If you want to take this book from the library but don't know how to proceed, please refer to the 1001-library bookshelf.

Thanks Caroley, I look forward to it.

Brilliant. Must get my own copy of this.

I'm releasing this book as I am deleting my bookcrossing account after several years of these books lying dormant on my shelves.