The Aftermath

By: Rhidian Brook

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: Historical fiction, History,

ISBN: 9780241957479

SKU: BE501651936663

Pages: 336

Description: Hamburg, 1946: After the war, victors and vanquished must rebuild their lives. Only a year has passed since the end of World War II, and thousands of people remain displaced amidst the ashes and rubble. British Colonel Lewis Morgan is in charge of overseeing the reconstruction of the city and establishing which German citizens are above suspicion. He must find the balance between forgiveness, justice, revenge and punishment. In order to settle down with his son and his wife Rachael, who will soon arrive from England, the Colonel requisitions a large house on the banks of the Elbe River. But instead of forcing the owners – a cultured and educated German widower and his daughter – to move, the Colonel proposes that the two families live together. In this atmosphere full of suspicion, guilt, insinuations and goodwill, and in a devastated environment, everyone will have to leave behind mistrust and face their deepest truths, while enmity and sadness give way to passion and betrayal, testing the most solid loyalties.