The girl at the Lion d'Or
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A mysterious young girl arrives to take up a post at the seedy Hotel du Lion d'Or in a small French town in the mid-1930's
Táto trilógia sa ponorí do srdca vojnových konfliktov a ich dopadu na ľudské životy. Každý román odhaľuje intímne detaily o postavách, ktorých osudy sú neoddeliteľne spojené s intenzívnymi zážitkami počas vojny aj v jej následnom období. Séria majstrovsky skúma húževnatosť ľudského ducha tvárou v tvár nepredstaviteľnému utrpeniu. Ponúka silný a dojímavý pohľad na prežitie a stratu.



A mysterious young girl arrives to take up a post at the seedy Hotel du Lion d'Or in a small French town in the mid-1930's
Set in France before and during World War I, this is the story of a young Englishman who is impelled through a series of extreme experiences, including a traumatic love affair which tears apart the bourgeois French family with whom he live.
"Charlotte Gray" by Sebastian Faulks follows a young Scottish woman during WWII as she joins the Resistance in Occupied France to find her missing RAF pilot lover. Undercover in a small village, she uncovers haunting truths of war and faces a life-altering secret. A powerful and moving tale of love and courage.