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Fallen Skies by Philippa Gregory is a historical fiction novel set in the aftermath of World War I in 1920s England. The story follows the marriage between a war veteran suffering from PTSD, Captain Stephen Winters, and a young talented singer, Lily Valance. As their lives become intertwined, the novel explores themes of mental health, family dynamics, class divisions, and the struggles faced by individuals in post-war society. The writing style captures the era's essence, portraying the emotional and psychological damage inflicted by the war on the characters, especially Stephen, who is depicted as a troubled and manipulative individual.
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Fallen Skies takes readers to post-World War I England in a suspenseful story about the marriage of a wealthy war hero and an aspiring singer he barely knows.
Can a family's mannered traditions and cool emotions erase the horrors of war from a young couple's past?
Lily Valance is determined to forget the horrors of the war by throwing herself into the decadent pleasures of the 1920s and pursuing her career as a music hall singer. When she meets Captain Stephen Winters, a decorated veteran, she's immediately drawn to his wealth and status. And Stephen, burdened by his guilt over surviving the Flanders battlefields where so many soldiers perished, sees the possibility of forgetting his anguish in Lily, but his family does not approve.
Lily marries Stephen, only to discover that his family's façade of respectability conceals a terrifying combination of repression, jealousy and violence. When Stephen's terrors merge dangerously close with reality, the truth of what took place in the mud and darkness brings him and all who love him to a terrible reckoning.
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