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Theory of War

by Joan Brady · 1993

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"[A] vivid historical novel—part poignant biographical fiction, part raw frontier epic."

TIME

Taking flight from an extraordinary real-life family history, here is a riveting novel of how the past lives on, generation after generation. THEORY OF WAR is the richly imagined story of one woman's journey into what a distant relation might have experienced—and how echoes of his suffering haunt his descendents to this day.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisMiddle WestMiddle WestMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 257 pages

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