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Against the backdrop of the Great War, Rosie must choose between two men who have loved her since they were childhood friends together. Returning to the romance, heroism and history that made CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN a worldwide bestseller, Louis de Bernières' magnificent novel follows the lives of an unforgettable cast of characters as the Edwardian age disintegrates into World War I.

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In the brief golden years before the outbreak of World War I, Rosie McCosh and her three sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent. But their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of the conflict. Can she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the Great War?

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In the brief golden years before the outbreak of World War I, Rosie McCosh and her three sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent. But their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of the conflict. Can she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the Great War?

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