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The Absolutist

By John Boyne

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| Hardcover | 9780385616041

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It's September 1919: twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver some letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War, but in 1917 Will laid down his guns on the b Continue

It's September 1919: twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver some letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War, but in 1917 Will laid down his guns on the battlefield, declared himself a conscientious objector and was shot as a traitor, an act which has brought shame and dishonour on the Bancroft family. But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He holds a secret deep in his soul. One that he is desperate to unburden himself of to Marian, if he can only find the courage. As he recalls his friendship with Will, from the training ground at Aldershot to the trenches of Northern France, he speaks of how the intensity of their friendship brought him both happiness and self-discovery as well as despair and pain. "The Absolutist" is a novel that examines the events of the Great War from the perspective of two young soldiers, both struggling with the complexity of their emotions and the confusion of their friendship.

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 320 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 038561604X
  • ISBN-13: 9780385616041
  • Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • Publish date: 2011-02-19
  • Dimensions: 240 mm x 162 mm x 30 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback , Audio CD , Softcover , eBook
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