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The walnut tree

Charles Todd

2012248 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2012
first published
  • 2012William Morrow · 248 pages · ENGISBN 9780062236999
  • 2013HarperCollins Publishers · 272 pages · ENGISBN 9780062236876

Haunted by the horrors she witnessed in France during the enemy invasion of 1914, Lady Elspeth Douglas, a titled young Englishwoman, is transformed by her experience and leaves her sheltered life behind to become a nurse and return to the battlefields of France to do her part.

How it feels

MoodSad
AtmosphereBleak

How it reads

Character focusSingle lead

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent

When and where

ThemesWar

Content notes

  • Warmoderateunreviewed
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