Soif de Vivre
DeathDefyingLove
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  • Reads 64
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  • Parts 5
  • Time 45m
DeathDefyingLove
Ongoing, First published Nov 21, 2015
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"Brightly shone the moon that night

Though the frost was cruel"

Written for all devoted fans of Downtown Abbey, Upstairs Downstairs and The Cinder Path, a novel to inspire and give hope. See the First World War through the eyes of the young kitchen maid, Vera Lovelace as she tells her story and the stories of the St Clair family as she fights grief, encounters forbidden love and sees how terrible and brutal the war can really be. 

© Constance Buchanan
All Rights Reserved
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