| Title | : | Five Boys |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Mick Jackson |
| Release | : | 2010-11-23 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Literary Fiction, Books, Fiction & Literature, Mysteries & Thrillers, Police Procedural, Women Sleuths |
| Size | : | 2336728 |
| When Bobby is evacuated from London to a remote Devonshire village, a strange new chapter of his life begins. Empty of its menfolk, the village is given over to the “stay behinds”: the women, the old and young, and five terrifying boys who accuse Bobby of being a Nazi spy. Then, there is the enigmatic Bee King, a mysterious figure who exercises a powerful, hypnotic influence on the village, and especially the boys. As the days wind down to the D-day invasion and the Allied soldiers crash the beaches along the French coast, the villagers will enact their own drama -- a tense interplay of events that will engulf them all and ulti- mately reveal the truth about the Bee King. Brilliantly captivating and thoroughly researched, Five Boys is the tale of the war's impact on the home front, bringing to light a lost place and time with an expert touch. |
