The  Englishman's daughter
Subtitle: a true story of love and betrayal in World War I
By: Ben Macintyre.
Contributors: Macintyre, Ben, 1963-
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780374129859
Subjects: Digby, Robert; Dessinne, Claire; Dessinne, Hélène; World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Villeret; World War, 1914-1918 -- Missing in action -- Great Britain -- Biography; World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, German -- Biography; Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography; Villeret (Aisne, France) -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In the first terrifying days of World War I, a handful of British soldiers found themselves trapped behind enemy lines on the Western Front. Unable to rejoin their units, which were retreating under the German onslaught, they were forced to hide in the French countryside. The Englishman's Daughter is the extraordinary true story of these men, their rescuers, and the bittersweet love affair that sprang up between an enchanting French villager and a fugitive English soldier.

This romance flourished under the very eyes of German occupiers, resulted in the birth of a child, and eventually tore a community apart."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "Originally published in 2001 by HarperCollins, Great Britain, as A foreign field: a true story of love and betrayal in the Great War"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-241) and index.
Table of contents: title: A note on sources; title: Prologue; title: The angels of Mons; title: Villeret, 1914; title: Born to the smell of gunpowder; title: Fugitives; title: Behind the trenches; title: Battle lines; title: Rendezvous; title: Aren't those things flowers?; title: Sparks of life; title: The Englishman's daughter; title: Brave British soldier; title: Remember me; title: The Somme; title: The wasteland; title: Villeret, 1930; title: Villeret, 1999