A Season of Leaves

Description:

Rose Pepper's story begins in Cornwall during the war, where she has been evacuated to work as a landgirl. Here, against the most impossibly romantic landscape, she falls in love with a young Czech soldier. In the chaotic aftermath of the war, Rose and her lover flee to Prague, where their troubles really begin, for the Communists are taking over.

subjects: Social life and customs,  Czechs,  World War, 1939-1945,  Manners and customs,  History,  British,  Fiction,  World war, 1939-1945, fiction,  Cornwall (england : county), fiction,  Prague (czech republic), fiction,  Fiction, romance, historical,  Fiction, romance, historical, general,  Fiction, political,  Fiction, war & military,  Mothers and daughters, fiction

Places: Cornwall (County),  Prague,  Prague (Czech Republic),  England,  Czech Republic

Times: 20th century