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Dover Beach [Hardcover]

Leslie Thomas (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: December 27, 2005

In May 1940, 338,000 soldiers were evacuated from Dunkirk and the majority passed through Dover, saturating the town with soldiers, sailors and airmen. This is a humorous look at the impact of this influx of young men on the small town.

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About the Author

Born in Newport, Monmouthshire, 1931, Leslie Thomas is the son of a sailor who was lost of sea in 1943. His boyhood in an orphanage is evoked in This Time Next Week published in 1964. At sixteen, he became a reporter, before going on to do his national service. He won worldwide acclaim with his bestselling novel The Virgin Soldiers, which has achieved international sales of over two million copies. Dover Beach is his twenty-ninth novel.

Product Details

Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: William Heinemann; First Edition edition (December 27, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0434013269
ISBN-13: 978-0434013265
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,834,412 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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