by Michael Powelland Emeric Pressburger (Editor)
Traces, in flashback, the intertwined lives of an officer and his German counterpart from their first encounter, fighting a duel in Berlin in 1902, to a double defeat. The plot is juxtaposed to that of the British officer's thrice lost love - which introduces an undercurrent of romantic pessimism.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 09 May 1994
ISBN 10: 0571143555
ISBN 13: 9780571143559