Homeland

Homeland

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Publisher's Synopsis

It is 1946, and the eve of the harshest winter for a hundred years. Servicemen are pouring home from the war to a Britain beset by stringent shortages and a desperate housing crisis. Anxieties are heightened by the unexpected arrival of the soldiers of the Second Polish Corps, whose refusal to go back to Poland is regarded with impatience and suspicion.

As anti-Polish propaganda reaches its height, newly demobbed Billy Greer reluctantly agrees to take on a young Polish veteran named Wladyslaw Malinowski as a labourer on his uncle's withy farm in the heart of the Somerset wetlands.

Stella, the local schoolteacher, has been waiting for the return of Lyndon Hanley, a hero of the Burma Campaign, but increasingly finds herself drawn to the beguiling Wladyslaw.

As the country is brought to its knees by blizzards and hardships, the tensions of post-war life lead to mistrust, accusation and ultimately death.

'A very fine novel indeed' Independent

'A deeply atmospheric novel' Daily Mail

'The characters' world envelops the reader completely' Sunday Times

'An atmospheric, powerful, moving and dramatic tale . . . It's terrific' Bookseller

About the Publisher

Macmillan

Macmillan

Macmillan is the hardback imprint of Pan Macmillan and publishes major British and international fiction authors as well as serious history, biography & memoir, politics, sport and current affairs. It also publishes a wide variety of annuals and series.

Book information

ISBN: 9781509807048
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: C format
DEWEY: 823.92
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 480
Weight: 722g
Height: 155mm
Width: 233mm
Spine width: 39mm