Illumination by Matthew Plampin

Niedriger Lagerbestand: 3 verbleibend

197mm x 128mm x 23mm

Seiten: 385

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-10-24 Pages: 400 Language: English Publisher:. Harper A powerful story of revolution. love and intense rivalry set in 1870 during the four-month siege of Paris.1870 All over Paris the lights are going out. The Prussians are encircling the city and Europe's capital of decadent pleasure and luxury is becoming a prison. its citizens caught between defiance and despair. Desperate times lie ahead as the worst winter for decades sets in and starvation looms.One man seems to shine . like a beacon in the shadows Jean-Jacques Allix promises to be the leader the people need. to save the city itself Painter Hannah Pardy. his young English lover. believes in him utterly;. taking up arms for his cause. she is drawn into the heart of the battle for Paris. But as the darkness and panic spreads it is harder and harder to see things as they really are. and Hannah st...