The WarsClarke, Irwin, 1977 - 226 pages In 1915, Robert Ross, a young Canadian, enlists in the army as an officer. His experiences of life in a training camp, of the trenches in Europe, and with death, are vividly told. Some strong language amd explicit descriptions of sex. Winner of the 1977 Governor General's Award for Fiction. 1977. |
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... Juliet d'Orsey . Here is part of what Miss Turner has to say . She is over eighty now , but still robust and she speaks with a good deal of energy , sprinkling her conversation with laughter and offerings of sherry in a wide , green ...
... Juliet d'Orsey . Here is part of what Miss Turner has to say . She is over eighty now , but still robust and she speaks with a good deal of energy , sprinkling her conversation with laughter and offerings of sherry in a wide , green ...
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... d'Orsey . 11 : This part of the narrative is told by Lady Juliet d'Orsey , whose memories of Robert Ross — for reasons that will become apparent — are the most vivid and per- sonal we have . At the time of the events she describes , she ...
... d'Orsey . 11 : This part of the narrative is told by Lady Juliet d'Orsey , whose memories of Robert Ross — for reasons that will become apparent — are the most vivid and per- sonal we have . At the time of the events she describes , she ...
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... d'Orsey was gained as the result of a second meeting with Lady Juliet d'Orsey in London at number 15 , Wilton Place . The interview was given on a weekend redo- lent with English rain and potted hyacinths and the ever- present freesia ...
... d'Orsey was gained as the result of a second meeting with Lady Juliet d'Orsey in London at number 15 , Wilton Place . The interview was given on a weekend redo- lent with English rain and potted hyacinths and the ever- present freesia ...
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