# The Kissing Gates

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- Book: [The Kissing Gates](https://www.bookquiver.com/mackenzie-ford/the-kissing-gates) ([The Kissing Gates.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/mackenzie-ford/the-kissing-gates.md))
- Authors: [Mackenzie Ford](https://www.bookquiver.com/mackenzie-ford)
- Publisher: little_brown_audio
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-14-0550-943-5
- Published: 2010-11-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

When English soldier Hal strikes up a conversation with German Lieutenant Wilhelm during the ceasefire in no-man's-land on Christmas Day 1914, he has no idea the impact this chance meeting will have. Wilhelm is in love with an English woman, Sam, and presses a photograph into Hal's hand - if he makes it home, Hal must promise to find Sam and give her this token of affection. Hal does make it home, though the war rages on - but the moment he sees Sam he is in trouble. With Wilhelm's shadow looming over their relationship, and his photograph never revealed, Hal begins to live a life that was meant for someone else ...