Author:Ford Madox Ford
'A tour de force of writing and intelligence' A.S. Byatt
Discover one of the greatest first world war novels.
Christopher Tietjens has long loved the beautiful young suffragette Valentine, but the pair are held apart by Christopher's loyalty to his wife Sylvia, and to a set of principles which belong to an old world, and which are about to be swallowed up in the mud and chaos of the Western Front.
The Parade's End series of novels is a tour de force of writing and intelligence
—— A.S. Byatt , GuardianIncredible...greatest of all war books
—— IndependentUndeniable masterpieces
—— Evening StandardMonumental
—— Washington PostEven as Moyes tackles the inflammatory issues around art stolen during wartime, she never loses sight of the driving engine of her narrative . . . this pleasurably assured writer skilfully balances the quotidian and the comic with the broad and universal, leaving us with the tantalising possibility of a potential caper to come
—— Independent on SundayPraise for Jojo Moyes
—— -You simply have to read it
—— CloserA triumph
—— ElleA timeless love story
—— RedEmotional novels populated by loveable, believable characters are what Jojo Moyes does best. A hugely enjoyable, wide-ranging and believable novel. Beautifully done
—— Good Housekeepinga book of signal wit and beauty that shows many ways of being a woman under intolerable strain... The electrifying ubiquity of danger - the novel is set in London under the Blitz - summons tenderness and the appetite for life. London itself breathes, turns and glows throughout
—— Candia McWilliam , The LadyHe [Anthony] hooks you in with his deep, complex characters; he meticulously sets the scene
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