Two Oxford dons, Newall and Winterstoke, attend their colleague's funeral. Afterward Newall reveals the secret that O'Dwyer took to the grave. During the Battle of Crete in World War II a Maori soldier died in circumstances that led to his family placing a curse on O'Dwyer. How did the soldier die? Why was O'Dwyer responsible? Gradually Newall tells all. But as he moves in space and time--from his childhood in New Zealand to Crete, from Oxford to Croatia, reflecting on wartime and peacetime, and the generations that have ...
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Two Oxford dons, Newall and Winterstoke, attend their colleague's funeral. Afterward Newall reveals the secret that O'Dwyer took to the grave. During the Battle of Crete in World War II a Maori soldier died in circumstances that led to his family placing a curse on O'Dwyer. How did the soldier die? Why was O'Dwyer responsible? Gradually Newall tells all. But as he moves in space and time--from his childhood in New Zealand to Crete, from Oxford to Croatia, reflecting on wartime and peacetime, and the generations that have lived through both--it becomes clear that the story is not just O'Dwyer's, but Newall's as well.
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Like New. What really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori battalion, killed in the battle for Crete during World War II? Half a century later, two Oxford dons attend the funeral of expatriate New Zealander O'Dwyer, and one reveals that O'Dwyer spent his life haunted by a secret Maori curse. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 460. "What really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori battalion, killed in the battle for Crete during World War II? Half a century later, two Oxford dons attend the funeral of expatriate New Zealander O'Dwyer, and one reveals that O'Dwyer spent his life haunted by a secret Maori curse. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 460. Fine in dustwrapper". 2000. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
