MONTENEGRO (P.S.) - Softcover

Lawrence, Starling

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060828420 ISBN 13: 9780060828424

Publisher: Perennial, 2016

Synopsis

In 1908, with world war a dark prophecy on the horizon, an English traveler, Auberon Harwell, enters a far valley in Montenegro -- a spy sent to assess the political situation while posing as a botanist. Drawn into the drama of a young Serb in love with an unattainable woman, Harwell's sense of duty and honor will be severely compromised by his own dangerous desires -- leading him toward a shattering confrontation that will forever change the world he thought he knew.

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In the forbidding beauty of the mountains of Montenegro, with World War I a dark prophecy on the horizon, an English traveller, Auberon Harwell, happens upon a remote valley. He is posing as a botanist, but in reality is the confidential agent of a powerful English peer who recognises the seeds of advantage and threat in the region.

The Montenegrin Serbs are a fierce and independent people, whose greatest hero is Danilo Pekocevic, warrior patriarch of the valley. His only son, Toma, loves a girl he cannot marry, the daughter of a neighbouring Muslim landowner. Harwell, against all reason and hope, falls in love with Toma's mother, who prays that her son may emigrate to escape this burden of violence and vengeance.

Harwell is bound by agonizing choices and the obligations of honour, duty and love. Ultimately he is forced from his position of careful neutrality into a confrontation which shakes the foundations of the world he thought he knew...

About the Author:

Starling Lawrence is the editor in chief and vice chairman of W.W. Norton & Company. He is the author of the novel Montenegro and the story collection Legacies. He lives in New York City and northwestern Connecticut.

About this edition

• Publisher: Perennial
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0060828420
• ISBN 13: 9780060828424
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336