Dan Stevens
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Series
Language
English
Description
On the day in 1907 that eleven-year-old Riley Purefoy meets Nadine Waveney, he notes the difference between their two families—his, working class; hers, wealthier and artistic—and vows to better himself.
Nadine's mother likes Riley as a young boy, but when, a few years later, she detects the romance budding between the two, she fears for her daughter's future. Angry and humiliated, Riley enlists at the nearest recruiting station
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