Islands of Silence (Electronic book text)


"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.
A brilliantly crafted novel in the tradition of "All's Quiet on the Western Front "and "The Ghost Road, Islands of Silence" is a tour through one man's hell in search of a path for redemption.

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"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.
A brilliantly crafted novel in the tradition of "All's Quiet on the Western Front "and "The Ghost Road, Islands of Silence" is a tour through one man's hell in search of a path for redemption.

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Thomas Dunne Books

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United States

Release date

October 2013

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Electronic book text - Windows

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288

ISBN-13

978-1-4668-5399-7

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9781466853997

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1-4668-5399-9



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