# The Sixteen Trees of the Somme

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- Authors: [Lars Mytting](https://www.bookquiver.com/lars-mytting)
- Publisher: maclehose_press
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-08-5705-605-4
- Published: 2017-08-10
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

A family story of epic scale, by the author of NORWEGIAN WOOD and THE BELL IN THE LAKE. " An intricate story about war, family, secrets and,yes, wood ... An engaging, satisfying read" The Times " So cleverly plotted, and it builds up such effortless dramatic momentum as it zeroes in on its conclusion" Scotsman Edvard grows up on a remote mountain farmstead in Norway with his taciturn grandfather, Sverre. The death of his parents, when he was three years old, has always been shrouded in mystery - he has never been told how or where it took place and has only a distant memory of his mother. But he knows that the fate of his grandfather's brother, Einar, is somehow bound up with this mystery. One day a coffin is delivered for his grandfather long before his death - a meticulous, beautiful piece of craftsmanship. Perhaps Einar is not dead after all. Edvard's desperate quest to unlock the family's tragic secrets takes him on a long journey - from Norway to the Shetlands, and to the battlefields of France - to the discovery of a very unusual inheritance. The Sixteen Trees of the Somme is about the love of wood and finding your own self, a beautifully intricate and moving tale that spans an entire century. A TIMES BESTSELLER Mytting's book is as much a romantic historical thriller as it is a book of promise, a page-turner as it is a reflective journey into selfhood, history, life's meaning and individual moral responsibility - Mika Provata-Carlone, Bookanista Translated from the Norwegian by Paul Russell Garrett