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The Rose of Sebastopol
Katharine McMahon

First Time in Paperback

The #1 international bestseller about love, war and betrayal from the author of The Alchemist’s Daughter.

In 1854, adventurous Rosa Barr travels to the Crimean battlefield with Florence Nightingale’s nursing corps. For Mariella Lingwood, Rosa’s cousin, the war is contained within the letters she receives from her fiancé, Henry, a celebrated surgeon who also has volunteered to work in the shadow of the guns. When Henry falls ill, Mariella impulsively takes an epic journey to the ravaged landscape of the Crimea and the tragic city of Sebastopol. What she finds there, as her world beings to crumble, is that she has much to learn about secrecy, faithfulness, and love...

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Berkley Trade, February 2010
ISBN-10: 0425232220
ISBN-13: 9780425232224
416 pages Trade Size
$15.00