Two Wars and a Wedding
A Novel
Lauren Willig
- “Filled
- with
- vivid
- details,
- shocking
- truths,
- and
- two
- sly,
- strong
- women
- who
- bring
- panache
- and
- humor
- to
- every
- scene.
- I’m
- simply
- in
- awe
- of
- the
- masterful,
- magical
- way
- Lauren
- Willig
- makes
- history
- come
- alive.”
- —
- Fiona
- Davis,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- The
- Magnolia
- Place"A
- winning
- epic
- of
- war
- and
- friendship.
- Readers
- will
- devour
- this
- riveting
- tale."--Publishers
- Weekly
- (starred
- review)From
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- Lauren
- Willig:
- a
- dramatic
- coming-of-age
- story
- with
- a
- dual
- timeline
- and
- a
- single
- heroine—a
- bold
- and
- adventuring
- young
- woman
- who
- finds
- herself
- caught
- up
- in
- two
- very
- different
- wars
- on
- both
- sides
- of
- the
- Atlantic.September
- 1896:An
- aspiring
- archaeologist,
- Smith
- College
- graduate
- Betsy
- Hayes
- travels
- to
- Athens,
- desperate
- to
- break
- into
- the
- male-dominated
- field
- of
- excavation.
- In
- the
- midst
- of
- the
- heat
- and
- dust
- of
- Greece
- she
- finds
- an
- unlikely
- ally
- in
- Charles,
- Baron
- de
- Robecourt,
- one
- of
- the
- few
- men
- who
- takes
- her
- academic
- passion
- seriously.
- But
- when
- a
- simmering
- conflict
- between
- Greece
- and
- Turkey
- erupts
- into
- open
- warfare,
- Betsy
- throws
- herself
- into
- the
- conflict
- as
- a
- nurse,
- not
- knowing
- that
- the
- decision
- will
- change
- her
- life
- forever—and
- cause
- a
- deep
- and
- painful
- rift
- with
- her
- oldest
- friend,
- Ava.June
- 1898:Betsy
- has
- sworn
- off
- war
- nursing—but
- when
- she
- gets
- the
- word
- that
- her
- estranged
- friend
- Ava
- is
- headed
- to
- Cuba
- with
- Clara
- Barton
- and
- the
- Red
- Cross
- to
- patch
- up
- the
- wounded
- in
- the
- Spanish-American
- War,
- Betsy
- determines
- to
- stop
- her
- the
- only
- way
- she
- knows
- how:
- by
- joining
- in
- her
- place.
- Battling
- heat,
- disease,
- and
- her
- own
- demons,
- Betsy
- follows
- Teddy
- Roosevelt’s
- Rough
- Riders
- straight
- to
- the
- heart
- of
- the
- fighting,
- where
- she
- is
- forced
- to
- confront
- her
- greatest
- fears
- to
- save
- both
- old
- friends
- and
- new….Set
- during
- an
- electrifying
- era
- of
- nation-building,
- idealism,
- and
- upheaval,
- Two
- Wars
- and
- a
- Wedding
- is
- the
- tale
- of
- two
- remarkable
- women
- striving
- to
- make
- their
- place
- in
- a
- man’s
- world—an
- unforgettable
- saga
- of
- friendship,
- love,
- and
- fighting
- for
- what
- is right.
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