The White Dove

The White Dove
Rosie Thomas

From the bestselling author of The Kashmir Shawl. Available on ebook for the first time.Born into an aristocratic family, beautiful Amy Lovell leads a whirlwind life of extravagant parties and debutante balls.But Amy, curious about the world beyond the narrow confines of her class, is ill-suited to a life of indulgence. Eagerly embracing a nursing career, she is drawn into the radical politics of the day.As the spectre of war looms, Amy's bittersweet love for the proud miner Nick Penry – a love which defies the differences between them – leads them to the conflict in Spain, where love and pain become inseparable agonies.

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Ebook Edition © FEB 2014 ISBN: 9780007560622

Version 2017-10-25

The White Dove

BY ROSIE THOMAS

Contents

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Part One

One

Two

Three

Part Two

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Part Three

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Part Four

Seventeen

Eighteen

Nineteen

Twenty

Twenty-One

Twenty-Two

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