Came a Cavalier
By: [by] Frances Parkinson Keyes.
Edition: Book Club Edition
Publisher: Julian Messner, Inc.
Published: 1947
Place of publication: New York,  USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 435
Copyright date: 1947 by Frances Parkinson Keyes
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: When Connie is humiliated by her college boyfriend, she drops out of Tufts and becomes a nurse in France during WWI. There, due to scarcity, she is suddenly more attractive to men and gains much needed confidence but ultimately experiences both joy and real heartbreak.--Goodreads

CAME A CAVALIER--a poignant and compelling saga of love, marriage and war. Once again Frances Parkinson Keyes weaves her storytelling magic into the kind of full, rich novel which has enchanted readers to world over and established her as one of the best loved, best selling novelists of our time.

This richly romantic novel, spun out against the colorful backdrop of the Normandy countryside, unfolds the story of a beautiful young American who becomes the wife of a wealthy and titled French cavalry officer. Her dramatic struggle to hold her family together through the dangers of war and the terrors of Nazi occupation is an unforgettable portrait of a woman's courage...and a woman's love.
Notes: Printed & Bound in Canada / "This edition ... is especially prepared for book club distribution"--Leaf preceding p. [1].