Books like Fallen Skies by Philippa Gregory
The novel follows Lily Valance, a young singer hoping to forget her wartime horrors by immersing herself in the decadence of the 1920s. She encounters Captain Stephen Winters, a respected veteran haunted by guilt over surviving the mud‑filled battlefields of Flanders. Drawn by his status, Lily marries Stephen, but the marriage quickly reveals the dark underbelly of his family: repression, jealousy, and violence. As Stephen's war‑scarred memories blur with present reality, the couple and those around them confront a dangerous reckoning rooted in the shadowy trenches of the past.
First publish date: 1993
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Philippa Gregory
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