The author of The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne, examines the events of World War I from the perspectives of two soldiers in The Absolutist.
In 1919, 20-year-old Tristan Sadler travels from London to Norwich to deliver letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian’s brother, Will, during the war. In 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield, declared himself a conscientious objector and was shot as a traitor, an act that brought shame on the Bancroft family. But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan’s visit – he holds a secret deep in his soul …
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“A wonderful, sad, tender book … [It] is going to have an enormous impact on everyone who reads it.” – author Colm Toibin