It is December 1944 and a detachment of American soldiers has been assigned to guard and ancient castle in Belgium inhabited by an elderly aristocrat, his young wife, and countless valuable artefacts. The soldiers are waiting out the war - indulging in various hobbies, exploring the castle's excesses (including a replica of Venice complete with canals and gondolas), in other words, trying to do something other than fight in the war - until a German counterattack puts them firmly back in the fray. As the American soldiers ...
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It is December 1944 and a detachment of American soldiers has been assigned to guard and ancient castle in Belgium inhabited by an elderly aristocrat, his young wife, and countless valuable artefacts. The soldiers are waiting out the war - indulging in various hobbies, exploring the castle's excesses (including a replica of Venice complete with canals and gondolas), in other words, trying to do something other than fight in the war - until a German counterattack puts them firmly back in the fray. As the American soldiers find themselves caught up in the snow and carnage of Hitler's Ardennes offensive, the war begins to take on a hallucinatory quality which leaves many of the men reeling.
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Fine. No dust jacket as issued. 384p.; 20 cm. Cassell military paperbacks.. Originally published: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965; London: Michael Joseph, 1966.
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Good. G mass market paperback, some spine and cover creasing, some shelf wear on edges, pages lightly yellowed, text tight and clean, second printing with movie scene cover.
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Good. Book Mass-market paperback, red and yellow wrapper with illustration of German soldiers with tank before a castle on front wrapper, small illustration on back wrapper of same, praise on back wrapper and early end papers for book, 320 pages. Very slight surface wear to bottom front edge, back edges and tip, slight wear at spine corners. Near Good.
