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0755380223

Hearts of stone.

Author: Scarrow, Simon.

Publication year: 2015

Language: English

Media class: Hardback

Publisher: London : Headline, 2015.

ISBN: 0755380223 9780755380220 (hbk): 18.99

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In the early 1930s schoolboys Peter Dorner and Andreas Papandraki became friends while Peter's father worked on an archaeological dig on the Greek island of Lefkas. Years later, at the height of the Second World War, they are fated to meet again. Now, though, Peter is an intelligence officer in the German army, brought in to help suppress the partisans, while Andreas is the leader of the local resistance movement. Peter's knowledge of the island and its people is now a deadly weapon against his old friend, and the many others who made his childhood visit so idyllic. The decisions each man makes will be critical to the destiny of countless men, women, and children, as they stand torn between loyalty to each other and loyalty to the country of their birth.

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Hmmmm. Once you get used to the fact that this is set in Greece in WWII, rather than Rome, it's a reasonable story and I did learn about a part of history that I did not previously know. However, the poor editing in this books totally ruins it. Words are missed out of sentences, first letters are missed off of words, female characters are referred to as "he" and the piece de la resistance is the sentence "when he heard the news" where news is spelt knews. I despair.

14/07/15

wendy little

Bedford