This novel is set on the Polish Front during the First World War, and
follows an Englishman working for the Red Cross on the Russian side. An
enthusiastic observer of human nature, he is profusely empathetic and
analytical, and becomes enthralled by the complex relationships of his
fellow medics. The chapters of this book are: Spring in the Train, The
School-House, The Invisible Battle, Nikitin, First Move to the Enemy,
The Retreat, One Night, The Lovers, Marie Ivanova, The Forest, Four?,
and The Door Closes Behind Them. Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884 - 1941)
was English novelist who was born in New Zealand. This volume is being
republished now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a
specially commissioned new biography of the author.