Like Chaff to the Wind - Morgan, Robert
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Robert Henery, a racehorse trainer, is forced by unfortunate circumstances in England to accept a position in Hungary, training the horses for a Count who has a beautiful and self-willed daughter. The chaotic events following the First World War and the Russian revolution soon envelope his life and that of the lovely Elizabet, and their destinies are entwined in the dramatic events that follow, ending eventually in a remarkable denouement in Britain. This is a love story, filled to the brim with adventure, tenderness and dramatic tension, and will hold the reader spellbound.

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Produktbeschreibung
Robert Henery, a racehorse trainer, is forced by unfortunate circumstances in England to accept a position in Hungary, training the horses for a Count who has a beautiful and self-willed daughter. The chaotic events following the First World War and the Russian revolution soon envelope his life and that of the lovely Elizabet, and their destinies are entwined in the dramatic events that follow, ending eventually in a remarkable denouement in Britain. This is a love story, filled to the brim with adventure, tenderness and dramatic tension, and will hold the reader spellbound.
Autorenporträt
Robert Morgan is the author of several books of poems, including Terroir (2011) and Dark Energy (2015). He has published twelve books of fiction, including The New York Times bestseller Gap Creek, and, most recently, Chasing the North Star (2016), As Rain Turns to Snow (2017), and In the Snowbird Mountains and Other Stories (2023). His works of nonfiction include Lions of the West (2011), Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe (2023), and the national bestseller Boone: A Biography (2007). Recipient of awards from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he is currently Kappa Alpha Professor of English (Emeritus) at Cornell University.