Ella Morris. A Novel

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Weidenfeld And Nicolson
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2014
Edition: First Edition

Description: 948 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. Ella Born On The Eve Of Hitler's Rise To Power Finds A Safe Haven In England. She Marries George, But Later Falls In Love With A French Student Ten Years Younger.

Publishers Description: This is a bold and fascinating mystery novel of ideas. John David Morley enfolds science and human loss with great fictional cunning' Ian McEwan on The Book of OppositesSpanning the decades from World War II to the Yugoslav conflict, Ella Morris is the story of a remarkable woman, and of the toll history takes on individual lives.Born in Berlin on the eve of Hitler's rise to power, Ella Andrzejewski escapes Soviet-occupied Europe and finds a safe haven in England. Here, she marries George Morris, but subsequently falls in love with Claude de Marsay, a French student ten years her junior.The intrusion of Claude upsets the balance of the Morris household, while the effects of Ella's traumatic past continue to be felt. As the decades pass and Europe lurches towards another conflict, Ella's children and grandchildren struggle to find their peace in a continent still reverberating with the echoes of war.

ISBN: 9780297871729