The Death of the Fronsac: A Novel

by Neal Ascherson

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A STORY OF SABOTAGE, BETRAYAL AND THE TERRIBLE SADNESS OF EXILE.

'Remarkable'The Times.
'A magnificent novel'The Times.
'Gripping'The Spectator.

Scotland, 1940: The Fronsac, a French warship, blows up in the Firth of Clyde. The disaster is witnessed by three locals. Jackie, a young girl who thinks she caused the explosiong by running away from school. Her mother Helen, a spirited woman married to a dreary young officer; and their lodger, a Polish soldier whose country has just been erased from the map by Hitler and Stalin.

All their lives will be changed by the death of the Fronsac.
  • ISBN10 1786694379
  • ISBN13 9781786694379
  • Publish Date 10 August 2017
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 4 March 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Apollo
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 400
  • Language English