31 December 1942. Midnight. In the North Atlantic, a white flash on the starboard horizon heralds the impact of a German torpedo.
For Michael Villiers, second officer on HMS Daisy, it is just another chapter in an extraordinary life. The son of a British diplomat and a beautiful socialite, he was sent as a baby to the family ranch on the pampas of Uruguay to escape a cholera epidemic in Montevideo. There, Michael became inseparable from Maria, the daughter of the family retainers. Eight years later, when Michael was uprooted again, to England, he had no doubt that he would return to her.
But in 1939, as Michael arrives back in Montevideo, war is threatening and the British are exploiting his familv connections. For in war, everyone must take sides . . .
From the acclaimed author of Under an English Heaven, Upon Dark Waters is an epic drama of passion, loyalty and sacrifice.
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Robert Radcliffe was born in London. Widely travelled, he is the author of Under an English Heaven, available in Abacus, and two further novels, published under a different name. He now lives and works in Suffolk.
Ключови думи: English books, Книги на английски, Adventure, Thriller, Suspense, Romance, Drama
