An Act of Peace: The enthralling sequel to An Act of Treachery

An Act of Peace: The enthralling sequel to An Act of Treachery

by Ann Widdecombe (Author)

Synopsis

Klaus-Pierre is the love-child of a young Frenchwoman and a senior, married German officer. Klaus-Pierre never knew his father, who was killed before he was born, and his mother was rejected by her family of patriots and resistance workers.

Cared for by his German family, Klaus-Pierre is loved and happy - but as he grows up in a Europe where old enemies are learning to cooperate, he tries to make his own 'Act of Peace' with his French relatives. The result is a horrifying confrontation between the two families when they meet accidentally in Provence.

Meanwhile, Klaus-Pierre is struggling with another quest to come to terms with his roots, as he tries to find out just what kind of man his father really was...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Orion
Published: 06 Sep 2006

ISBN 10: 0752881108
ISBN 13: 9780752881102
Book Overview: Enthralling post-war sequel to Ann Widdecombe's second novel, AN ACT OF TREACHERY

Author Bio
Ann Widdecombe is best known as a Member of Parliament and for her broadcasting and journalism, but long had ambitions to write novels. She was born in 1947 and grew up moving around the country and abroad with her parents, as her father served in the Admiralty. She was educated at the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford. She writes her novels on long train journeys and in Singapore when she visits her Chinese nanny.