Islands of silence
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2003 - Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
72,500 words, Guess
Page Count
290 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3564374M
- ISBN-100312268041
- OCLC Control Number50645621
- OCLC Control Numberislandsofsilence00boot
- Library of Congress Control Number2002034745
and 2 more
- Goodreads2382799
- LibraryThing1088762
Classifications
- DDC823/.914
- LCCPR6052.O63 I85 2003
Description
*Islands of Silence* is the story of the young Alec Marquand, who in the summer of 1914 has just graduated from college with a degree in archaeology. He has been hired by the lord of a remote country estate in the Scottish Highlands to survey the ancient Stone Age brochs that lie on his property. Once there Alec comes upon a small island which is called Eilean Tosdach--the Island of Silence. What Alec discovers on that island changes him forever. And just as Alec makes his amazing find, he is shipped off to war . . . a war he does not want to fight, but one in which he ends up as a medic aboard a ship ready to storm the beaches of Gallipoli.
Description
"Islands of Silence is the story of the young Alice Marquand, who in the summer of 1914 has just graduated from college with a degree in archaeology. He has been hired by the lord of a remote country estate in the Scottish Highlands to survey the ancient Stone Age brochs that lie on his property. Once there Alec comes upon a small island called Eilean Tosdach - the Island of Silence. What Alec discovers on that island changes him forever. And just as Alex makes his amazing find, he is shipped off to war...a war he does not want to fight, but one in which he ends up as a medic aboard a ship ready to storm the beaches of Gallipoli."--BOOK JACKET.
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