A Crimean War hero’s divorce & remarriage causes two lines of descendants, who meet up again one summer in Devon in the 1970s. Ructions ensue. Shrewdly observed and compelling.
Bad Relations
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£14.99
Edition:Hardback978024153770119/05/2022
Categories: 04. Spring Books 2022: Fiction, Fiction, Spring Books 2022
Tags: Family History, Historical Novels
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