num_pages: 257
description: "[A] vivid historical novel--part poignant biographical fiction, part raw frontier epic."TIMETaking flight from an extraordinary real-life family history, here is a riveting novel of how the past lives on, generation after generation. THEORY OF WAR is the richly imagined story of one woman's journey into what a distant relation might have experienced--and how echoes of his suffering haunt his descendents to this day.
language: English
title: Theory of War
titlecomplete: Theory of War
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Roman, Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 360
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Novel and Book of the Year, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman
publisher: Ballantine Books