Nuns and Soldiers

<b>A dazzling meditation on love and honor greed and generosity passion and death from the Booker Prize-winning author of <i>The Sea The Sea</i></b> <p/>Set in London and in the South of France this brilliantly structured novel centers on two women: Gertrude Openshaw bereft from the recent death of her husband yet awakening to passion; and Anne Cavidge who has returned in doubt from many years in a nunnery only to encounter her personal Christ. A fascinating array of men and women hover in urgent orbit around them: the Count a lonely Pole obsessively reliving his émigré father's patriotic anguish; Tim Reede a seedy yet appealing artist and Daisy his mistress; the manipulative Mrs. Mount; and many other magically drawn characters moving between desire and obligation guilt and joy. This edition of <i>Nuns and Soldiers</i> includes a new introduction by renowned religious historian Karen Armstrong.