A moving coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of two world wars.
The Autumn of the Ace
(author)
£17.99
Edition:Hardback978178730133705/11/2020
Categories: 05. Books for Christmas 2020: Fiction, Books for Christmas 2020, Fiction
Tags: Canada, Family life fiction, Historical fiction, Historical Novels, India, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Pakistan, Relating to the stages of life, Second World War fiction, Surrey, WW1, WW2
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