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    Fallen Skies: A Novel
    Fallen Skies: A Novel
    Fallen Skies: A Novel
    Audiobook21 hours

    Fallen Skies: A Novel

    Written by Philippa Gregory

    Narrated by Bianca Amato

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    Fallen Skies takes readers to post-World War I England in a suspenseful story about the marriage of a wealthy war hero and an aspiring singer he barely knows.

    Can a family's mannered traditions and cool emotions erase the horrors of war from a young couple's past?​

    Lily Valance is determined to forget the horrors of the war by throwing herself into the decadent pleasures of the 1920s and pursuing her career as a music hall singer. When she meets Captain Stephen Winters, a decorated veteran, she's immediately drawn to his wealth and status. And Stephen, burdened by his guilt over surviving the Flanders battlefields where so many soldiers perished, sees the possibility of forgetting his anguish in Lily, but his family does not approve.

    Lily marries Stephen, only to discover that his family's façade of respectability conceals a terrifying combination of repression, jealousy and violence. When Stephen's terrors merge dangerously close with reality, the truth of what took place in the mud and darkness brings him and all who love him to a terrible reckoning.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateDec 31, 2019
    ISBN9781508260271
    Author

    Philippa Gregory

    Philippa Gregory is an internationally renowned author of historical novels. She holds a PhD in eighteenth-century literature from the University of Edinburgh. Works that have been adapted for television include A Respectable Trade, The Other Boleyn Girl and The Queen's Fool. The Other Boleyn Girl is now a major film, starring Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Eric Bana. Philippa Gregory lives in the North of England with her family.

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    • 5/5
      Loved the story and the post WW1 era in which it takes place. Wonderful characters, the storytelling by the author can’t be beat. The only thing is, I wish there had been an epilogue. I felt like the ends should have been tied up a bit more neatly, especially with it being such a long story.

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    • 4/5
      Loved the book but the recording cut off at places so it wasn’t possible to understand what was going on at times. The end, especially, was cut off.
    • 5/5
      Great book! It was a page turner!A book you didn't want to put down.