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After the Franco-Prussian War and the siege of 1870-1871, the St. Clair family return to Paris, only to be swept up into the terrible cruelties and violence of the Commune. Here their young daughter, Helene, falls ill, becomes separated from the family, and is captured, before escaping to fend for herself on the war-torn streets. Meanwhile her two brothers face each other as mortal enemies across the barricades. Diney Costeloe is at the very top of her game in this gripping story of children and a family in deadly peril.
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Diney Costeloe is the author of The Throwaway Children, The Runaway Family, The Lost Soldier, The Sisters of St Croix, and The Girl With No Name.
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- Publication date2020
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Heart-stopping and gripping, this classic Diney Costeloe story shows the courage of one family in the face of great danger. Nineteenth-century Paris is in flames, houses ransacked, streets barricaded. Most people are fleeing the ravaged city, but the St Clair family have made a fateful decision to return to Paris from their house in the country.As the horrors of the Commune and the ensuring siege engulf the St Clairs, little Helene falls ill and becomes separated from the family. Lost and alone, she must fend for herself on the war-torn streets. A lost child, a family divided, the bitter backdrop of war set in 19th-century France. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781784976224
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