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Dark Heart

Carole Gurnett

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Description:A story of love, loyalty and loss.It is 1878. British troops are preparing for the invasion of Zululand. Walter Williams is among them, a gunner in the Royal Artillery, who no longer has any illusions about soldiering. He strikes up an unlikely friendship with young Davy Cochrane, a driver in his battery, a friendship that binds them for life.When Walter returns home to civilian life, he returns to a London that is poorer, dirtier, meaner than he remembers. He wants only a peaceful existence in the bosom of his family. However, the landscape has changed since he was last home. Edie, his mother, a towering figure from his youth, has been shunted off to an institution and Walter’s manipulative sister, Lil, with her husband Art, has plans for Walter that involve a match with Art’s sister, the sullen-faced Agnes.For her part, Agnes, traumatised by an episode from her past, carries with her a devastating secret that will greatly impact on Walter’s future happiness.Meanwhile, Walter strives for his ideal. Along the way, he makes a new friend, Jem Cresswell and reunites with an old one, Davy Cochrane. Both men will have a role to play in subsequent events. For just as Walter is close to achieving the life he wants, Grundy, a ghost from his past re-emerges, threatening to destroy everything. Now, more than ever before, Walter must engage fearlessly with the enemy . . .We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dark Heart. To get started finding Dark Heart, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 506

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Poolbeg Press

Release: 2020

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Description: A story of love, loyalty and loss.It is 1878. British troops are preparing for the invasion of Zululand. Walter Williams is among them, a gunner in the Royal Artillery, who no longer has any illusions about soldiering. He strikes up an unlikely friendship with young Davy Cochrane, a driver in his battery, a friendship that binds them for life.When Walter returns home to civilian life, he returns to a London that is poorer, dirtier, meaner than he remembers. He wants only a peaceful existence in the bosom of his family. However, the landscape has changed since he was last home. Edie, his mother, a towering figure from his youth, has been shunted off to an institution and Walter’s manipulative sister, Lil, with her husband Art, has plans for Walter that involve a match with Art’s sister, the sullen-faced Agnes.For her part, Agnes, traumatised by an episode from her past, carries with her a devastating secret that will greatly impact on Walter’s future happiness.Meanwhile, Walter strives for his ideal. Along the way, he makes a new friend, Jem Cresswell and reunites with an old one, Davy Cochrane. Both men will have a role to play in subsequent events. For just as Walter is close to achieving the life he wants, Grundy, a ghost from his past re-emerges, threatening to destroy everything. Now, more than ever before, Walter must engage fearlessly with the enemy . . .We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dark Heart. To get started finding Dark Heart, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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