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NOW WE SHALL BE ENTIRELY FREE
the new novel from Costa Award-winning author of PURE
ANDREW MILLER

Publishing on 23 August 2018 Sceptre hardback £18.99, eBook & audiobook available.

ANDREW MILLER IS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS AND EVENTS Please contact Louise Court, Sceptre Publicity Director louise.court@hodder.co.uk / 0203 1226 488.

A stunning historical novel about a traumatised soldier in search of peace, an enthralling tour de force from one of our very best storytellers.

One winter’s night in 1809, an unconscious man is carried into a house in Somerset. He is Captain John Lacroix, home from Britain's disastrous campaign against Napoleon’s forces in Spain. Gradually Lacroix recovers his health, but not his peace of mind. He will not – cannot – talk about the war or face the memory of what took place on the retreat to Corunna. After the command comes to return to his regiment, he lights out instead for the Hebrides, unaware that he has far worse to fear than being dragged back to the army: a vicious English corporal and a Spanish officer with secret orders are on his trail. In luminous prose, Miller portrays a man shattered by what he has witnessed, on a journey that leads to unexpected friendships, even to love. But as the short northern summer reaches its zenith, the shadow of the enemy is creeping closer. Freedom, for John Lacroix, will come at a high price. Taut with suspense, this is an enthralling, deeply involving novel by one of Britain's most acclaimed writers.

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