According to Orders (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

F. Britten Austin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332320015 ISBN 13 : 9781332320011

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A stark, immersive portrait of war’s reach into daily life and quiet courage. In a quiet village near Verdun, soldiers and civilians collision with orders and fate, revealing how ordinary people cling to humanity under pressure.

From a landscape of war-torn hospitality to tense exchanges with occupiers, this excerpt follows a German soldier, a French farmer, and the town’s uneasy rhythm as the war encircles them. Moments of casual kindness contrast with sudden danger, showing how loyalty, fear, and resilience play out in a world ruled by strategic choices and loud orders from above.

The scene sharpens as battles swell above a snow-swept plain, revealing the moral complexity of occupation, duty, and human connection. The characters navigate moments of humor, authority, and peril, underscored by the relentless drumbeat of war that reshapes every day.

• Vivid, on-the-ground storytelling that captures the mood of a town under occupation.


• Portraits of soldiers and civilians showing both restraint and conflict.


• Atmospheric details that bring trenches, orders, and everyday life to life.


• A focus on choices, consequences, and the fragile threads of humanity in wartime.

Ideal for readers who enjoy historical wartime fiction that blends action with human drama.

According to Orders

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332320015
• ISBN 13: 9781332320011
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 354
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