Anyone who is fascinated by the Second World War in France will be drawn to this novel. The heroes are officers in the French and British Armies: Edmond de Valliet, a talented amateur pianist and artist: Robert Cummings a businessman, and a Territorial Gordon Highlander. He marries the pianist Anne Favoret, who voices France's denial of Nazi ambitions in Europe in the 1930s. Edmond and Robert retreat with the Fifty-First Highland Division to St Val
