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The Corncrake Kindle Edition
"Very impressive writing with an intellectual and educated edge. The more I ponder this book, the more I admire what it took to write it."
"The revving-up of hatred and ignorance was a unique and interesting way to present the war – with the media and the Church paving the way."
Chill with a Book Premier Award Winner
Life is becoming precarious for an Anglo-German family living in England on the eve of the First World War. They have very different ideas about what they should do.
A priestly father who promotes the duty of fighting for God, King and Country. A mother who flaunts her German heritage. A son full of Nietzsche, atheism and rebelliousness. What influence can each have over the talented daughter of the family, who has ideas of her own?
Irresponsible newspapers inventing stories of German atrocities and espionage stir up hatred against the family. Will pride and their strong personalities allow them to compromise and survive?
The Corncrake is a historical novel set in 1909-10 and 1914-15. It brings to life little-known facts about ordeals far from the front line.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateMay 8, 2022
- File size3.7 MB
Product details
- ASIN : B09ZVQHV6Q
- Publisher : Tancava Press (May 8, 2022)
- Publication date : May 8, 2022
- Language : English
- File size : 3.7 MB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 408 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : 1739880021
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About the author

Charles Moberly’s novels are different from one another in style and genre. He likes to push boundaries, and to address subjects rarely covered by other writers. If there is a common theme, it is tension arising from misunderstandings.
Moberly has published four novels to date: The Scrotum Toad, a satirical comedy (Winner of A Chill with a Book Reader Award); The Corncrake, a historical novel set in 1909-10 and 1914-15, (Winner of a Chill with a Book Premier Award); Try the Leopard’s Mouth, a romantic thriller with a firm historical base (Winner of a Highly Recommended Award by The Historical Fiction Company); and Cooee Baby, a psychological novel with elements of a thriller (Finalist, Literary Global Book Awards 2024, B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree, Literary Titan Gold Book Award, Book Nerdection Excellent Read Award). All four novels are available in paperback and Kindle from Amazon now.
In his second novel, The Corncrake, four members of a family share the narration, which passes between them over two hundred and fifty times. This powerful technique allows the reader to enter the minds of characters as they react to events, so that love, conflicts and misunderstandings are conveyed immediately. This is only possible if the voices of the characters are so strong that they are identifiable the moment they speak.
Moberly lived and worked in Africa for two years. Two of his novels are set in Africa.
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- sarah bellumReviewed in the United Kingdom on October 13, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Clever, funny, poignant and polished, with a very interesting and thought-provoking take on the War
Clever, funny, poignant and polished, with a very interesting and thought-provoking take on the First World War, a compelling storyline and sympathetically drawn characters. First-rate!