num_pages: 512
description: Set in London and in the South of France, this brilliantly structured novel centers on two women: Gertrude Openshaw, bereft from the recent death of her husband, yet awakening to passion; and Anne Cavidge, who has returned in doubt from many years in a nunnery, only to encounter her personal Christ. A fascinating array of men and women hover in urgent orbit around them: the "Count," a lonely Pole obsessively reliving his émigré father's patriotic anguish; Tim Reede, a seedy yet appealing artist, and Daisy, his mistress; the manipulative Mrs. Mount; and many other magically drawn characters moving between desire and obligation, guilt and joy. This edition of Nuns and Soldiers includes a new introduction by renowned religious historian Karen Armstrong.
language: English
title: Nuns and Soldiers
titlecomplete: Nuns and Soldiers (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
genres: Female Authors, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, British Literature, Romance, Fiction, Relationships, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 789
publisher: Penguin Classics