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In Pale Battalions

By Robert Goddard

By Robert Goddard

By Robert Goddard

By Robert Goddard

Category: Suspense & Thriller

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Paperback $12.00

May 29, 2007 | 368 Pages

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    About In Pale Battalions

    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.  Amongst those commemorated is Leonora’s father.  The date of his death is recorded and 30th  April, 1916.  But Leonora wasn’t born until 14th March 1917.

    Penelope at once supposes a simple wartime illegitimacy as the clue to her mother’s unhappy childhood and the family’s sundered connections with her aristocratic heritage, about which she has always known so little.

    But nothing could have prepared her, or the reader, for the extraordinary story that is about to unfold.


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    About In Pale Battalions

    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.  Amongst those commemorated is Leonora’s father.  The date of his death is recorded and 30th  April, 1916.  But Leonora wasn’t born until 14th March 1917.

    Penelope at once supposes a simple wartime illegitimacy as the clue to her mother’s unhappy childhood and the family’s sundered connections with her aristocratic heritage, about which she has always known so little.

    But nothing could have prepared her, or the reader, for the extraordinary story that is about to unfold.


    From the Paperback edition.

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    Never Go Back
    Sight Unseen
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    About Robert Goddard

    Robert Goddard’s first novel, Past Caring, was an instant bestseller. His first Harry Barnett novel, Into the Blue, was winner of the first WHSmith Thumping Good Read Award.  He lives in Truro, Cornwall.  Delta will publish the next Goddard novel,… More about Robert Goddard

    About Robert Goddard

    Robert Goddard’s first novel, Past Caring, was an instant bestseller. His first Harry Barnett novel, Into the Blue, was winner of the first WHSmith Thumping Good Read Award.  He lives in Truro, Cornwall.  Delta will publish the next Goddard novel,… More about Robert Goddard

    Product Details

    Paperback | $12.00
    Published by Delta
    May 29, 2007 | 368 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780385339209

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Delta
    May 29, 2007 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9780440336983

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    "One of my favourite books of the year…I recomment it to all ages and both sexes"—Sarah Broadhurst, Today

    "A superbly plotted romantic thriller"—New York Times

    "A novel of numerous twists and turns and surprises"—Sunday Telegraph


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