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A foreign fieldBen Macintyre
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A foreign field

301 pagesFirst published 200110 editions
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In the first terrifying days of World War I, four British soldiers found themselves trapped behind enemy lines on the western front. They were forced to hide in the tiny French village of Villeret, whose inhabitants made the courageous decision to shelter the fugitives until they could pass as Picard peasants. The Englishman's Daughter is the never-before-told story of these extraordinary men, their protectors, and of the haunting love affair between Private Robert Digby and Claire Dessenne, the most beautiful woman in Villeret. Their passion would result in the birth of a child known as "The…

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionHarperCollins Publishers Limited2012—9780007378395
EditionHarperCollins Publishers Limited2010—9780007395262
EditionDelta20032729780385336796
EditionW.F.Howes20033209781841975870
EditionHarperCollins Publishers Limited2002—9780007137909
EditionFarrar, Straus & Giroux2002—9781466813045
EditionWheeler20023549781587242328
EditionHarperCollins20023209780006531715
HardcoverFarrar, Straus and Giroux20022549780374129859
EditionHarperCollins20013019780002571227
BiographyGerman Prisoners and prisonsHistoryMissing in actionPrisoners and prisons, GermanPrisoners of warWorld War, 1914-1918World war, 1914-1918, france