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In Love and War
In Love and War
paperback
Published:
2 July, 2015
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780571279463 |
| ISBN10 | 0571279465 |
| Number Of Pages | 368 |
| Item Weight | 290 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 200 x 25 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Faber & Faber |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
Media Reviews
Alex Preston's words flow onto the pages as near to poetry as prose can run....his descriptive mystery of language is stunning. Bookreporter.com
I wholeheartedly recommend the book and I will be looking to read more by this author....It is a compelling read that highlights a different perspective from many other WWII historical fiction novels. The Reader's Room blog
Rich in historical detail and utterly compelling. Kate Saunders Sunday Times
Exhilarating ... Preston's flair for recreating atmosphere and contemporary speech is immaculate. Many layers enrich and deepen the story ... The combination of setting, Renaissance art and two mutually attracted foreigners may remind some of The English Patient. Preston asks the same question as Michael Ondaatje: what is left of civilisation after the inhumanity of war? Today, David still stands in Florence, an imperturbable rebuke to an epoch of torture and terror. Financial Times
[R]ich and evocative ... powerfully affecting, ambitious in its scope, precise in its attention to detail and infused with a love for Florence and its motley eccentrics - their courage and their suffering. Stephanie Merritt Observer
It's a title befitting an epic, and Preston emphatically delivers in this, his third novel but his first foray into historical fiction. That he's a natural at it is clear .... Vividly imagined and richly atmospheric, Preston's dramatic tale propels the reader towards a tense and tragic final showdown. Daily Mail
Moving ... Preston writes, in unaffected but affecting prose, of Lowndes' realisation of what the times demand of him. Nick Rennison The Times
Preston's prose is as eloquent, and as atmospheric, as always. The perfect read to pair with that first sundowner. GQ
In Love and War prompts the reflection that evil triumphs because good men have not so much done nothing as done the wrong thing with the best of intentions ... [a] fresh and captivating novel. Literary Review
Richly evocative. Independent
...a moving tour de force that will leave you exhilarated by human courage, yet numb with sadness. Country Life
A remarkably captivating book that starts as a slow-burner then sparks into an absolute firecracker of a read ... Prepare to sit on the edge of the precipice, prepare for the heartrending plummet of shock and upset, prepare for the impact that a powerful and compelling novel leaves behind. LoveReading
Sensitive, intelligent and thrilling . . . a breathless and beguiling take on the subtleties of war. Monocle
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Author's Bio
Alex Preston was born in 1979 and lives with his family in London. His first novel, This Bleeding City, was an international bestseller, won the Spear's and Edinburgh first book awards and was selected as one of Waterstones New Voices 2010. His second, The Revelations, was shortlisted for the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize. In Love and War is his third novel. Preston writes and reviews for GQ, the Observer and the New Statesman and appears regularly on BBC television and radio. He is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Kent.