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Former Resistance fighter Lucas Cornith had spent the war aiding escapees across the Alps before fleeing to safety in Switzerland. Decades later, he returns as a celebrated classical composer to his birth village of Gries‑am‑See, where he will premiere *The Horn of Roland*. The festival’s celebrations are abruptly threatened by death threats linked to his wartime actions, forcing Cornith to confront an unresolved enmity from his past. The suspenseful narrative follows his struggle to protect the premiere and uncover the identity of the hidden antagonist who will not let him rest.
First publish date: 1974
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Edith Pargeter
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