A Season of Leaves
By: Catherine Law
Publisher: Preface
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9781848090415; 9781848090422
Subjects: Social life and customs; Czechs; World War, 1939-1945; Manners and customs; History; British; Fiction
Description: Rose Pepper's story begins in Cornwall during the war, where she has been evacuated to work as a landgirl. Here, against the most impossibly romantic landscape, she falls in love with a young Czech soldier. In the chaotic aftermath of the war, Rose and her lover flee to Prague, where their troubles really begin, for the Communists are taking over.