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Gossip From The Forest by Thomas Keneally is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Thomas Keneally’s convincing fictional account of the peace negotiations that took place in the Forest of Compiègne at the end of World War One. A “gripping” novel of the World War I armistice negotiations that set the stage for World War II, by the author of Schindler’s List (The Guardian).The unimaginable slaughter of The Great War has continued unabated since August 1914, and now, at an obscure railway siding in France in the late autumn of 1918, a group of intractable old men gather to negotiate an armistice. As the Allied leaders press for total submission, Germany’s Erzberger, haunted by the prospect of famine and revolution in the gathering winter, angles for better terms. And so they talk on and on, as the guns roar and men continue to die.Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published 33 novels since that include Crimes of the Father, Napoleon’s Last Island, Shame and the Captives, and the New York Times bestselling The Daughters of Mars. His novels The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest and Confederates were all shortlisted for the Booker Prize, which he won in 1982 with Schindler’s Ark. He has also written several works of nonfiction,

Who reads Gossip From The Forest?

Author

Thomas Keneally

Publisher

Sceptre Books

Published

1989

Language

EN

ISBN

9780340431047

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, War & Military Fiction, History

Rating

3.56 / 5 (101 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14