| Description |
718 pages ; 20 cm |
| Series |
Palais des Nations |
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Palais des Nations
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| Summary |
A contemporary romantic Australian masterpiece, Grand Days tells of the moral and sexual awakening of an idealistic young Australian woman working in the diplomatic corps in Europe in the aftermath of World War I. On a train from Paris to Geneva, Edith Campbell Berry meets Major Ambrose Westwood in the dining car, and allows him to kiss her passionately. Their early intimacy binds them together once they reach Geneva and their posts at the newly created League of Nations. There, a heady idealism prevails over Edith and her young colleagues, and nothing seems beyond their grasp, certainly not world peace. The exuberance of the times carries over into Geneva nights: Edith is drawn into a glamorous and dangerous underworld where, coaxed by Ambrose, she becomes more and more sexually adventurous |
| Notes |
Previously published: London : Picador, 1994 |
| Subject |
League of Nations -- History -- Fiction.
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Australian fiction -- 20th century.
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Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
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Women diplomats -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| LC no. |
00002164 |
| ISBN |
1740510372 (paperback) |
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