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The Kissing Gates

The Kissing Gates

by Mackenzie Ford (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

    $3.19
Synopsis

When English soldier Hal strikes up a conversation with German Lieutenant Wilhelm during the ceasefire in no-man's-land on Christmas Day 1914, he has no idea the impact this chance meeting will have. Wilhelm is in love with an English woman, Sam, and presses a photograph into Hal's hand - if he makes it home, Hal must promise to find Sam and give her this token of affection.

Hal does make it home, though the war rages on - but the moment he sees Sam he is in trouble. With Wilhelm's shadow looming over their relationship, and his photograph never revealed, Hal begins to live a life that was meant for someone
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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 448
 Edition: Digital original
 Publisher: Sphere
Published: 30 Oct 2008
ISBN 10: 0751541257
ISBN 13: 9780751541250
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Media Reviews
Set against the panorama of the First World War, The Kissing Gates is a poignant love story, a finely woven tapestry of choice, consequence and redemption. Mackenzie Ford explores the ambiguities of the human heart with an unwavering hand, and in so doing creates a haunting and moving tale that will resonate with the reader long after he or she has finished the last page. Pam Jenoff, bestselling author of Kommandant's Girl * 'This book is a joy to read. Wonderful period detail, and the atmosphere so convincing it had me looking out the window for Zeppelins. The First World War - with its no-man's land and valiant nurses - is disturbingly contrasted to the peaceful idyll of ru *
Kate Furnivall, author of The Russian Concubine * `The Kissing Gates is a passionate, engrossing page-turner - a full-blooded epic story of love, the corroding power of secrets, and a man at war with himself' *
Anthony Capella, author of The Food of Love * `Against the background of the First World War this debut tells the tale of love against all hope, with a healthy dose of revenge' *
Irish Tatler * `There's an uncluttered quality to Ford's prose and he evokes his west country settings with quiet skill' *
Author Bio
Mackenzie Ford is a pseudonym for a writer who lives in London.