Автор:Margaret Whittock Год: 2013 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 266 ISBN: 9781784071912 Two young people leave Ireland for Turkey, eighty years apart: for one, Private Jack Callaghan, newly enlisted in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, a bitter parting from his fiance; for the other, Jack's great-niece, Ellie McKnight, the promise of an exciting new life. 1915: a world engulfed in war. While Jack, in the carnage of Gallipoli, dies violently on V Beach, his spirit survives. For decades this vengeful revenant has bided his time, determined to avenge the needless deaths of himself and his comrades. The 1990s: a rapidly modernising Turkey. Jack's helpmate has finally arrived: his great-niece, traveling to Istanbul to wed her diplomat lover, Harry. As Ellie struggles with diplomatic life, her great-uncle gradually reveals himself in a series of chilling incidents. Initially disbelieving, Ellie finally accepts that Jack is not merely a figment of her imagination. Shocked by his story, she becomes his accomplice in his search for retribution. Set against the fabulous background of...
