The Azaires' house showed a strong, formal front toward the road from behind iron railings. All along the river and its streams sat fishermen, slumped on their rods in hats and coats beneath the cathedral and in shirtsleeves by the banks of the water gardens, they dipped their lines in search of trout or carp. Long, flat-bottomed boats propelled by poles took the town dwellers through the waterways on Sunday afternoons. Behind the gardens the river Somme broke up into small canals that were the picturesque feature of Saint Leu on the other side of the boulevard these had been made into a series of water gardens, little islands of damp fertility divided by the channels of the split river. The gardens had a wild, overgrown look and their deep lawns and bursting hedges could conceal small clearings, quiet pools, and areas unvisited even by the inhabitants, where patches of grass and wild flowers lay beneath the branches of overhanging trees. On the damp grass were chestnut trees, lilacs, and willows, cultivated to give shade and quietness to their owners. The town side of the boulevard backed on to substantial gardens, which were squared off and apportioned with civic precision to the houses they adjoined. The wagons that rolled in from Lille and Arras to the north drove directly into the tanneries and mills of the Saint Leu quarter without needing to use this rutted, leafy road. Sebastian Faulks brings the anguish of love and war to vivid life, and leaves the reader's mind pulsating with images that are graphic and unforgettable.įRANCE 1910 Part One The boulevard du Cange was a broad, quiet street that marked the eastern flank of the city of Amiens. Sixty years after war's end, his granddaughter discovers, and keeps, Stephen's promise to a dying man. ![]() In spite of everything, Stephen manages to find hope and meaning in the blasted world he inhabits. He struggles through the hideously bloody battles of the Marne, Verdun, and the Somme (in the last named, thirty thousand British soldiers were killed in the first half hour alone), camps for weeks at a time in the verminous trenches, and hunkers in underground tunnels as he watches many of the companions he has grown to love perish. A strange, occasionally bitter man, Stephen is possessed of an inexplicable will to survive. ![]() Several years later, with the outbreak of World War I, he finds himself again in the fields of Picardy, this time as a soldier on the Western Front. While there he plunges into a love affair with the young wife of his host, a passion so imperative and consuming that it changes him forever. In 1910 a young Englishman, Stephen Wraysford, goes to Picardy, France, to learn the textile business. The seller will arrange the return pick up for these items.įor seller-fulfilled items from Sports collectibles and Entertainment collectibles categories, the sellers need to be informed of the damage / defect within 10 days of delivery. These items are not eligible for self-return. Note: For seller fulfilled items from Books, Movies & TV Shows categories, the sellers need to be informed of the damage/ defect within 14 days of delivery.įor seller-fulfilled items from Fine Art category, the sellers need to be informed of the damage / defect within 10 days of delivery. Learn more about returning seller fulfilled items. If you do not receive a response from the seller for your return request within two business days, you can submit an A-to-Z Guarantee claim. ![]() If you’ve received a seller-fulfilled product in a condition that is damaged, defective or different from its description on the product detail page on Amazon.in, returns are subject to the seller's approval of the return. ![]() The return timelines for seller-fulfilled items sold on Amazon.in are equivalent to the return timelines mentioned above for items fulfilled by Amazon.
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