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Louis de Bernières

The Autumn of the Ace

  • The Autumn of the Ace

  • Louis de Bernières is the master of historical fiction that makes you both laugh and cry, in the perfect nostalgic read to escape with this autumn.

    Is it ever too late to change your story?

    Daniel Pitt was an RAF fighter in the First World War and an espionage agent for the SOE in the Second. Now the conflicts he faces are closer to home.

    Daniel's marriage has fractured beyond repair and Daniel's relationship with his son, Bertie, has been a failure since Bertie was a small boy. But after his brother Archie's death, Daniel is keen for new perspectives. He first travels to Peshawar to bury Archie in the place he loved best, and then finds himself in Canada, avoiding his family and friends back in England. But some bonds are hard to break. Daniel and Bertie's different experiences of war, although devastating, also bring with them the opportunity for the two to reconnect.

    If only they can find a way to move on from the past.

    'De Bernieres is a singular, cherishable voice.' Mail on Sunday

Labels and Other Stories
Labels and Other Stories
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Station Jim
Station Jim
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  • Emma Chichester Clark
So Much Life Left Over
So Much Life Left Over
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The Cat in the Treble Clef
The Cat in the Treble Clef
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Blue Dog
Blue Dog
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The Dust that Falls from Dreams
The Dust that Falls from Dreams
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Of Love and Desire
Of Love and Desire
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  • Donald Sammut
Imagining Alexandria
Imagining Alexandria
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  • Donald Sammut
The Girt Pike (Storycuts)
The Girt Pike (Storycuts)
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The Death of Miss Agatha Feakes (Storycuts)
The Death of Miss Agatha Feakes (Storycuts)
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Talking to George (Storycuts)
Talking to George (Storycuts)
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
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Notwithstanding
Notwithstanding
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
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A Partisan's Daughter
A Partisan's Daughter
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Birds Without Wings
Birds Without Wings
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Red Dog
Red Dog
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Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World
Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World
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The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman
The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman
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Senor Vivo & The Coca Lord
Senor Vivo & The Coca Lord
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War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
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Latin American Trilogy

3 Books

Louis de Bernières is the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book in 1995. His most recent books are So Much Life Left Over, The Dust That Falls From Dreams and The Autumn of the Ace, the short story collection Labels and the poetry collection The Cat in the Treble Clef.

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