Ebook {Epub PDF} In Love and War by Alex Preston

 · In Love and War is his third novel. Preston writes and reviews for GQ, the Observer and the New Statesman and appears regularly on BBC television and radio. He is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of www.doorway.ru: Faber and Faber. In Love and War, by Alex Preston, Faber, RRP£, pages. In an exhilarating opening scene of Alex Preston ’s new novel, protagonist Esmond Lowndes, recently kicked out of Cambridge after Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. In Love and War weaves fact and fiction to create a sweeping portrait of a city at war. The novel is told through the eyes, letters and journals of Esmond Lowndes, who comes to Italy a lost and lonely young man in the shadow of his politician father. Through his friendships with a striking cast of contemporary characters, from the poet Ezra Pound to Alice Keppel, a former royal mistress Reviews: 1.

Author: Alex Preston ISBN Title: In Love and War Item Condition: used item in a very good condition. A tale of love, heroism and resistance set against the stunning backdrop of s Florence, In Love and War weaves fact and fiction to create a thrilling portrait of a man swept. In this, his third novel, Alex Preston has continued his form to provide the reader with an enthralling and visually spectacular narrative. In part, In Love and War can be seen as a coming of age - an experimentation with love, life, art and politics. Yet, caught up in the throws of war - young idealism. In Love and War is Alex Preston's third novel. Set in Florence, Italy in the s and 40s, it is an epic tale of love and war. Esmond is a young Englishman who has been sent to Florence, in part to escape scandal he brought on his family in England, but primarily to strengthen relationships between.

In Love and War is his third novel. Preston writes and reviews for GQ, the Observer and the New Statesman and appears regularly on BBC television and radio. He is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Kent. Preston's In Love and War is a complex collage of texts following the story of Esmond's journey from dreaming ingénu in Florence to hardened resistance fighter during the Nazis' last stand. In Love and War weaves fact and fiction to create a sweeping portrait of a city at war. The novel is told through the eyes, letters and journals of Esmond Lowndes, who comes to Italy a lost and lonely young man in the shadow of his politician father.