Christine, a French courtesan who fled Belgium early in the war, meets G. J. Hoape, a rich, middle-aged bachelor, on the promenade of a London music hall. As Zeppelin raids, war charities and society hostesses fill the city, Bennett follows their affair and Hoape’s search for something useful to do with his life.
A frank, unsettling picture of London during the First World War that caused a scandal in 1918. Download the free EPUB.