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The Great War has been won—but victory has its price. The year is 1919, and Ian Rutledge has returned to London to resume his position as Scotland Yard inspector, bringing nightmares and ghosts home with him from the French battlefields. Tormented and suffering from shell shock, he is... read more
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Characters edit
- Ian Rutledge: Scotland Yard Inspector, WW1 Veteran.
- Rutledge: Police Inspector, Scotland Yard, WW1 Veteran.
- Charles Harris: Colonel, Guardian of Lettice Wood.
- Mrs. Mobley: Add a description of this character.
- Davies
- Hamish: The voice in Rutledge's head. It is that of a subordinate of Rutledge in WWI, a subordinate who disobeyed a direct order in battle, and whom Rutledge was subsequently forced to execute. Typically strident and accusatory.
- Mark Wilton: Decorated flying ace, handsome, friend of the royal family.
- Sally Davenant: Flying ace's cousin, is she in love with him?
- Dr. Warren
- Laurence Royston: Estate manager.
- Bowles: Our hero's nemesis. Will our hero learn this?
- Helena Sommers
- Lettice Wood
- Redfern
- Catherine
- Johnston
- Mary Satterthwaite
- Carfield
- Charles Todd
- Lizzie
- Maggie
- Jean
- Colonel Harris
- Daniel Hickam
- Streetham
- Warwick
- Bert Mavers
- Captain Wilton
- Hugh
- Linden
- Meg
- Rolf
- Pinter
- Frances
- Georgie
- Agnes
- Mrs. Grayson
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
In this quiet part of Warwickshire death came as frequently as it did anywhere else in England, no stranger to the inhabitants of towns, villages, or countryside.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 17 in Ian Rutledge. (standard series)
Followed by Wings of Fire.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Charles Todd (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0312144318
Page Count: 282
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0312144318
Page Count: 282
Awards edit
- Barry Award (1997: Best First Novel)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3570.O37 T47 1996
- Dewey: 813
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