The Winter of the World: A Novel

By Carol Ann Lee

A heartbreaking and powerful story of personal demons and the hard journey back from an abyss of betrayal in the aftermath of World War I

Journalist Alex Dyer made his name covering the bloody horrors of the European trenches. Yet even after the Great War is over, he cannot shake the guilt he feels for not serving on the front lines like his dearest childhood friend, Ted Eden. Worse still, Alex cannot put to rest the emotions that gnaw at him from the inside: his feelings for Clare, Ted's wife—a woman they both have loved more than life itself.

A masterful debut novel from the acclaimed author of The Hidden Life of Otto Frank, Carol Ann Lee's Winter of the World combines fascinating historical detail and color with breathtaking invention. Recalling the fire of the battlefield and the nightmare of the trenches, it brilliantly evokes a volatile time when life was frozen in the present tense and looking forward was the only thing more painful than looking back.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Oct 13, 2009
• ISBN: 9780061877483

Carol Ann Lee

Carol Ann Lee is the highly acclaimed author of several books, including One of Your Own: The Life and Death of Myra Hindley, Witness: The Story of David Smith, A Fine Day for a Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story and The Murders at White House Farm: Jeremy Bamber and the killing of his family. Witness and A Fine Day for a Hanging were both shortlisted for CWA Non-Fiction Dagger Awards.