{"product_id":"2940150996618","title":"The Trap","description":"Lieutenant Michael Carr's peaceful life in a Cornish village is shattered with the outbreak of the Second World War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerman planes are heard droning across darkening skies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTowns are set ablaze by incendiary bombs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd Cornwall, though seemingly safe and secluded, is not exempt from the devastation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Michael trains for the army in the Cornish countryside, he dreams of a future with this sweetheart, Elizabeth Pascoe. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut they are trapped by the war, which rages on, consuming and destroying ordinary life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd it is not long before Michael is summoned far from England to the deserts around Tobruk. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder an unrelenting sun, harried by German tanks, Michael's life with Elizabeth, suddenly seems unbearably out of reach... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan Michael survive the war and make it home to Elizabeth? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd even if he does, will things ever be the same again? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Trap' is a deeply moving love story, an intimate picture of real working life in 1930s Britain, and -- unforgettably -- a piece of unsurpassed realism about the fighting in North Africa against Rommel, and the innumerable indignities of falling into enemy hands. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the most powerful English novels to come out of the war' – MRD Foot, Resistance \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An exceptional book, even without the campaign in the desert . . . Blisteringly real' James Hanley \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As a social document, pathetic and passionate by turns, it is profoundly impressive' - Times Literary Supplement \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEndeavour press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher.","brand":"Endeavour Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109758058736,"sku":"2940150996618","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150996618_p0.jpg?v=1763757369","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150996618","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}