The Ringmaster's Daughter (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9798885780261)

Inspired by a true story, this WWII novel will sweep you away to the circus in this delightful read that will get you hooked from the get go (Lu Reads Anything).

Paris, 1940. Twenty-year-old Michel Bonnet lives on the edge of the law, finding work where he can at the horse fairs on the outskirts of the city. But when Paris falls to the Nazis, Michel escapes as a stowaway on a secret midnight train bound for the south. It's a journey that will change his life forever -- he's joined the circus.It's there Michel first sees Frieda - dark-haired, mysterious and also fleeing the Germans. Homeless and hungry, Michel would do anything for a safe place to sleep... and the chance to spend one more hour with her.But there's something Frieda isn't telling him, a secret she has sworn to carry to her grave. As Michel leaves Paris behind for the lavender fields and hillside villages of the rural south, he's in more danger than he could ever know...

Author: Carly Schabowski
ISBN-10: 8885780261
ISBN-13: 9798885780261
Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
Language: English
Published: 08/10/2022
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.10d
Large Print