Cast No Shadows
E.V. Thompson(Author)
Sphere (Publisher)
Published on 14. May 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
474 pages
978-0-7515-2243-3 (ISBN)
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Description
South-West England, 1812. England is at war with America and when two hundred and fifty American prisoners-of-war arrive at Dartmoor prison, it is already overcrowded with French prisoners. Among the newcomers is Lieutenant Pilgrim Penn, an American merchant seaman, who soon falls in love with a local girl at a market held inside the prison walls. The inmates fight amongst themselves, despite their common enemy and the Americans are a particularly troublesome group. When the governor's daughter becomes romantically involved with one of them, he orders his soldiers to open fire during a minor disturbance, even though the war has ended and personal revenge is suspected as his true motivation.
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'a novel slant on the boy meets girl scenario and is well written and very easy to read.' NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE EVENING CHRONICLEMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 177 mm
Width: 109 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7515-2243-3 (9780751522433)
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Person
E V Thompson spent 9 years in the Navy before joining the Bristol police. He moved to Hong Kong, then Rhodesia and had over 200 stories published before returning to England to become a full-time writer. In 1977 CHASE THE WIND won the Best Historical Novelist Award.