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The Rose of Sebastopol

From the author of 'The Alchemist's Daughter': a story of love, secrecy and courage, set against the backdrop of the Crimean war.

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  • "In 1855, Rosa Barr, a young Englishwoman, travels to the Crimea determined to work as a nurse. She never returns. Three people have been intimately connected with her: her cousin, a soldier and adventurer; a doctor, traumatised by the war and harbouring a secret passion; and her cousin Mariella, who is left to discover the truth."
  • "In 1855 Rosa Barr, a headstrong young woman, travels to the Crimea, against the wishes of her family, determined to work as a nurse. She does not return. Three people have been intimately connected with her. One, her brother, a soldier and adventurer; the second, a doctor, traumatized by the war and harbouring a secret passion; and the third, Mariella, her cousin and childhood friend, who must now uncover the truth about what has happened to the missing nurse. Mariella's epic journey takes her from the domestic quiet of London to the foothills of Italy, and on to the ravaged Russian landscape of the Crimea, where she must discover what has happened to her captivating and mysterious cousin and uncover the secrets of those who loved her."
  • "From the author of 'The Alchemist's Daughter': a story of love, secrecy and courage, set against the backdrop of the Crimean war."@en
  • "De hechte band tussen twee Engelse nichtjes wordt danig op de proef gesteld als tijdens de Krimoorlog blijkt dat een man in hun beider leven een grote rol speelt."
  • "In 1854, beautiful, adventurous Rosa Barr travels to the Crimean battlefield with Florence Nightingale's nursing corps--then disappears without a trace. When Mariella Lingwood, Rosa's cousin, leaves her surgeon husband's side to follow the trail of her elusive cousin to Sebastopol, she encounters Rosa's dashing stepbrother, a reckless cavalry officer whose complex past -- and future -- is inextricably bound up with her own."@en
  • "In 1854, beautiful, adventurous Rosa Barr travels to the Crimean battlefield with Florence Nightingale's nursing corps--then disappears without a trace. When Mariella Lingwood, Rosa's cousin, leaves her surgeon husband's side to follow the trail of her elusive cousin to Sebastopol, she encounters Rosa's dashing stepbrother, a reckless cavalry officer whose complex past -- and future -- is inextricably bound up with her own."
  • "In 1854 the Crimean War captures the imagination of young men eager to do battle with the new enemy, Russia, but the military hospitals fill with the sick and wounded. In defiance of Florence Nightingale, Rosa Barr travels to the battlefields, determined to be useful. Her cousin, Mariella Lingwood, remains at home, but when Mariella's fiancé Henry, a doctor working in the shadow of the guns, falls ill and Rosa's communications cease, she is drawn inexorably to the war. Her journey to the ravaged Crimea prompts a reckless affair with a cavalry officer, and reveals a well of unexpected strength and passion."
  • "The #1 international bestseller about love, war and betrayal from the author of The Alchemist's Daughter In 1854, adventurous Rosa Barr travels to the Crimean battlefield with Florence Nightingale's nursing corps. For Mariella Lingwood, Rosa's cousin, the war is contained within the letters she receives from her fiancE, Henry, a celebrated surgeon who also has volunteered to work in the shadow of the guns. When Henry falls ill, Mariella impulsively takes an epic journey to the ravaged landscape of the Crimea and the tragic city of Sebastopol. What she finds there, as her world beings to crumble, is that she has much to learn about secrecy, faithfulness, and love..."@en

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  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Large type books"
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  • "Modern fiction"@en

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  • "The Rose of Sebastopol"
  • "The Rose of Sebastopol"@en
  • "The rose of Sebastopol [a novel]"
  • "Róża Sewastopola"
  • "Róża Sewastopola"@pl
  • "The rose of Sebastopol"@en
  • "The rose of Sebastopol"
  • "Sevastoppoljska ruža"
  • "The rose of sebastopol"@en
  • "Rosa's oorlog"
  • "The rose of Sebastopol : [a novel]"
  • "Encuentro en Sebastopol"
  • "Encuentro en Sebastopol"@es

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