Title: A Season of Leaves
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.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Czechs, World War, 1939-1945, Manners and customs, History, British, Fiction, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Cornwall (england : county), fiction, Prague (czech republic), fiction, Fiction, romance, historical, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Fiction, political, Fiction, war & military, Mothers and daughters, fiction
Places: Cornwall (County), Prague, Prague (Czech Republic), England, Czech Republic
Time periods: 20th century