A stunning and heartbreaking new novel from Jamila Gavin, the bestselling and award-winning author of Coram Boy and The Wheel of Surya.
Based on the true story of Indian WWI gunner and recipient of the Victoria Cross, Khudadad Khan. The story is told from four perspectives: Lotte, a Belgian farmgirl whose village is the flashpoint for a battle; Ernst, a German teenage infantry soldier whose grandiose dreams of war lie in tatters; Khudadad Khan, the gunner fighting with the British Army; and the walnut tree that shelters them all.
- ISBN13 9780008670122
- Publish Date 31 July 2025
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Farshore
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk