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      Fires in the Dark

      by Louise Doughty
      Published
      May 2003
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      543
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      It is 1927. Yenko is born in a barn in rural Bohemia to a tribe of Coppersmith Gypsies. Traditional people who survive by plying their skills as they travel throughout Central Europe, they live through the Depression and the rise of Nazism. But the greatest danger comes from the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the German army. Yenko escapes the clutches of the invaders but is forced to adopt many guises in order to survive and rescue his family and his love. If he succeeds he can truly become a Romany man - but in the end who is he? From the rural Gypsy traditions of the inter-war era, through the Nazi invasion, culminating in the drama of the Prague Uprising of May 1945, Louise Doughty has created a breathtaking novel of grand scope.

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

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      Feb 2004 Pocket ISBN13 9780743440370 ISBN10 0743440374
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      Jan 2005 HarperPerennial ISBN13 9780060571238 ISBN10 0060571233
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      Jun 2014 Simon & Schuster (UK) ISBN13 9781471137587 ISBN10 1471137589
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      First Edition May 2003 Simon & Schuster (UK) ISBN13 9780743220873 ISBN10 0743220870
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      Jan 2004 HarperCollins ISBN13 9780060571221 ISBN10 0060571225
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      Jan 2005 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9781417701322 ISBN10 1417701323
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      Nov 2014 -- Not Selected ISBN10 B00N01MW5C
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