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The Diamond Eye (Large Print)
Paperback
Main Details
Title |
The Diamond Eye (Large Print)
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Kate Quinn
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback | Pages:656 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 150 |
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Category/Genre | Large Print Trade Publishers Large Print All Dates Historical |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780063211407
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Edition |
Large Print Edition
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Trade Publishers Large Print
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Imprint |
HarperLuxe
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NZ Release Date |
29 March 2022 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
New York Times Bestseller The bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes historys deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story. In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kyiv, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son--but Hitlers invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper--a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour. Still reeling from war wounds and devastated by loss, Mila finds herself isolated and lonely in the glittering world of Washington, DC--until an unexpected friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an even more unexpected connection with a silent fellow sniper offer the possibility of happiness. But when an old enemy from Milas past joins forces with a deadly new foe lurking in the shadows, Lady Death finds herself battling her own demons and enemy bullets in the deadliest duel of her life. Based on a true story, The Diamond Eye is a haunting novel of heroism born of desperation, of a mother who became a soldier, of a woman who found her place in the world and changed the course of history forever.
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