by Helen Simonson · Random House Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780812983203
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«The Summer Before the War» is the historical novel by Helen Simonson, published by Random House Publishing Group in paperback (512 pages, in English).
In the summer of 1914, Beatrice Nash, a young Latin teacher, arrives in the coastal town of Rye, East Sussex, to work as a teacher. While the community enjoys an idyllic summer, the threat of the First World War looms over everyone and will test the town's old customs.
It is Helen Simonson's second novel, after Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. It was a New York Times bestseller and nominated for the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award in the historical fiction category.
For readers of historical fiction set in England, such as fans of Downton Abbey, and for book clubs.
Helen Simonson is an English author who lives in the United States.
