The Black Earth, Philip Kazan
The Black Earth, Philip Kazan
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The Black Earth

Author: Philip Kazan

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Unabridged: 13 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2019

Synopsis

1922. When the Turkish Army occupies Smyrna, Zoë Haggitiris escapes with her family, only to lose everything. Alone in a sea of desperate strangers, her life is touched, for a moment, by a young English boy, Tom Collyer, also lost, before the compassion of a stranger leads her into a new life. Years later when war breaks out, Tom finds himself in Greece and in the chaos of the British retreat, fate will lead him back to Zoë. But he will discover that the war will not end so easily for either of them.

About Philip Kazan

Philip Kazan is an informed historian, a passionate cook and a keen traveller. He brings real gusto and humanity to his writing. He blogs at https://philipkazan.wordpress.com/.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amanda

So many novels base themselves in the horrors of World War II. We read of the French occupation, the concentration camps and the blitz, but very little is written of what happened to the people of Greece and the hardship they had to endure. The Black Earth changes all that, and I was absolutely fasci......more

Goodreads review by Karen

What a beautiful book, gorgeous visual writing and a real simmering love story. Set mainly in Greece through their seemingly endless wars in the 20th century, the two main characters, Zoe and Tom, have a series of encounters which span from childhood through to middle age. Vivid descriptions of the br......more

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