The Dust that Falls from Dreams

Louis de Bernières

Jul 2015 · Random House

About this ebook

A return to the epic romance, heroism, history and warm and eccentric cast of characters that made CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN such an extraordinary hit (2.5 million copies sold).

The very first adventure with flying ace and war hero Daniel Pitt.

In the brief golden years before the outbreak of World War I, Rosie McCosh and her three very different sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent, with their neighbours the Pitt boys on one side and the Pendennis boys on the other. But their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of the conflict that will engulf them on the cusp of adulthood.

When the boys end up scattered along the Western Front, Rosie is left confused by her love for two young men - one an infantry soldier and one the flying ace Daniel Pitt. Can she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the Great War?

For more adventures with flying ace Daniel Pitt, see The Autumn of the Ace and So Much Life Left Over.

Ratings and reviews

Slow in parts but very educational. An interesting study of vastly different characters. Very enjoyable hopefully there willbe a sequel.

Didn't want this to end. Absolutely charming characters set against a backdrop of the horror and comradeship of war. Brilliant.

He never ceases to amaze.

About the author

Louis de Bernières is the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book in 1995. His most recent books are So Much Life Left Over, The Dust That Falls From Dreams and The Autumn of the Ace, the short story collection Labels, the children's book Station Jim and the poetry collection The Cat in the Treble Clef.