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Headline
12 May 2015
1945. The Second World War has gone on too long. Shops are closed 'for the duration'. Trains run a restricted service 'for the duration'. Life has paused, for the duration. A little girl, Pamela, is growing up fast. A young Englishman, Rupert Blundell, vows there'll be no more wars. Both are waiting for their lives to begin. Then comes Hiroshima. Finally, devastatingly, the war is over.

1962. Rupert is now strategic advisor to Lord Mountbatten, and his close confidant. Pamela is eighteen and has moved to London, eager for love and experience of every kind. There'll be parties at Cliveden, Christine Keeler, Stephen Ward, the Astors. Life is a whirlwind.

But beneath the glamour lies quiet, desperate terror, as the Cuban missile crisis unfolds and the world spins ever closer to nuclear war.

Reckless is a gripping novel set against the world in crisis, by a superb novelist at the height of his powers.

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Imprint:   Headline
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 241mm,  Width: 192mm,  Spine: 34mm
Weight:   348g
ISBN:   9781782066453
ISBN 10:   1782066454
Pages:   512
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Author Website:   http://www.williamnicholson.com/

William Nicholson's plays include Shadowlands and Life Story, both of which won the BAFTA Best Television Drama award of their year. He co-wrote the script for the film Gladiator and he has scripted Les Miserables and Mandela. William Nicholson lives in East Sussex.

Reviews for Reckless

'An explosively interesting novel I found hard to put down' Wendy Holden, Daily Mail. 'Effortless brilliance' Daily Express. 'Nicholson is excellent at dialogue and his eye for period detail is almost as good' Spectator. 'Nicholson draws his narrative strands together in a most entertaining fashion' The Times.


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