The Ship of Brides |
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| Author:
| Moyes, Jojo |
| Narrated by:
| McKenzie, Nicolette |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4074-0226-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | Recorded Books, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Memory Stick Memory Card |
| List Price: | USD $1.00 |
Book Description:
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The year is 1946, and all over the world young women are crossing the seas in their thousands en route to the men they married in wartime, and an unknown future. In Sydney, Australia, four women join six-hundred and fifty other brides on an extraordinary voyage to England - aboard HMS Victoria, which also carries not just arms and aircraft but a thousand naval officers and men. Rules of honour, duty, and separation are strictly enforced, from the aircraft carrier's Captain down to the...
More DescriptionThe year is 1946, and all over the world young women are crossing the seas in their thousands en route to the men they married in wartime, and an unknown future. In Sydney, Australia, four women join six-hundred and fifty other brides on an extraordinary voyage to England - aboard HMS Victoria, which also carries not just arms and aircraft but a thousand naval officers and men. Rules of honour, duty, and separation are strictly enforced, from the aircraft carrier's Captain down to the lowliest young stoker. But the men and the brides will find their lives inter-twined in ways the Navy could never have imagined...