In the Shadow of Mountain

Bol Partner

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Cambridge English Readers is an award-winning series of original fiction readers for learners of English, offering exciting reading from Starter to Advanced levels. A tragic love story is uncovered as journalist Clare Crowe goes to Switzerland to bring home a relative's body. Clare's grandfather has been found frozen in a glacier, 74 years after a climbing accident. Clare knows this could make an interesting story for her newspaper, but as she investigates her grandfather's last climb, she learns that the accident wasn't as simple as she had first thought. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.

Bol

Paul Illingworth, a dedicated and ambitious young officer at the threshold of life’s great adventure, comes face to face with the realities of military command. In order to win the trust of an experienced and uncompromising platoon, he must choose between his childhood love and the path that beckons him onwards. Set against the IRA ceasefire of the mid 1990s, this is a compelling story of leadership and the tough decision it requires. This writing with the precision and authenticity that only comes from personal experience. This novel creates a beautiful political allusion of Tony Blair and New Labour coming to power.