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1919. As the euphoria of the Armistice fades, the nation counts the cost: millions dead or disabled, unemployment, strikes and shortages. As prices and taxes rise, it becomes harder to remember what the war was for.

Teddy tries to recreate balance but then a trip to France to see the place where Ned fell has unforeseen consequences; Polly, grieving for Erich Kuppel, persuades her father to send her to New York. Despite Prohibition, the great city, pulsing with life, promises her a fresh start; Jessie and Bertie, detained in London by Bertie''s job, long to start their new life together; Jack becomes a pioneer of civil aviation, but when the company fails he''s faced with unemployment, with a growing family to support.

The generation that saw things no man should see must find relief from their own memories. A new world is struggling to be born out of the ashes; but as long as the music lasts, they will keep on dancing.

The Dancing Years

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    A Paperback by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

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      Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
      Published 11 March 2011
      ISBN-13 9780751537727
      978-0751537727
      ISBN-10 0751537721
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      Historical Fiction Books by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      1919. As the euphoria of the Armistice fades, the nation counts the cost: millions dead or disabled, unemployment, strikes and shortages. As prices and taxes rise, it becomes harder to remember what the war was for.

      Teddy tries to recreate balance but then a trip to France to see the place where Ned fell has unforeseen consequences; Polly, grieving for Erich Kuppel, persuades her father to send her to New York. Despite Prohibition, the great city, pulsing with life, promises her a fresh start; Jessie and Bertie, detained in London by Bertie''s job, long to start their new life together; Jack becomes a pioneer of civil aviation, but when the company fails he''s faced with unemployment, with a growing family to support.

      The generation that saw things no man should see must find relief from their own memories. A new world is struggling to be born out of the ashes; but as long as the music lasts, they will keep on dancing.

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