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In Distant Fields

Charlotte Bingham

2007320 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2007
first published
  • 2008Charnwood · 559 pages · ENGISBN 9781847820761
  • 2007Bantam · 320 pages · ENGISBN 9780553818048
  • 2007Bantam Press · 464 pages · ENGISBN 9780593055892
  • 2007Bantam · 320 pages · ENGISBN 9780553817782

Kitty and Lady Partita are best friends despite vastly different backgrounds. Partita has invited her friend, Kitty, to stay at her ancestral home, Bauders Castle. The grandeur of Partita's family seat is in stark contrast to Kitty's home in London where she and her mother, Violet, struggle to maintain appearances despite Kitty's father gambling away the family money. Kitty is introduced to the aristocracy; a fascinating, decorative and theatrical world. Kitty is enthralled and desperately wants to be part of this way of life, far removed from the genteel poverty in which she and her mother are forced to exist. But war breaks out, not only irrevocably changing society, but also the lives of these two beautiful young women. The headstrong Partita and down-to-earth Kitty become nurses and selflessly care for the men horrifically injured in the trenches of WWI.

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ViolenceFrequent

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