{"product_id":"pont-neuf-9781682619216","title":"Pont Neuf","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom bestselling writer Max Byrd comes an unforgettable evocation and portrait of Paris at the end of the second World War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe splendidly gifted (and faintly scandalous) writer Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's famously unhappy third wife, is the presiding spirit over a great romance. Two American soldiers, torn apart by the war, meet and fall in love with Martha's prot g --the irresistibly charming and vulnerable young reporter, Annie March. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir story begins and ends on the beautiful Pont Neuf, the oldest and best-loved bridge in Paris. For Annie, every bridge connects two different worlds; to cross a bridge is to make a choice. For her, crossing Pont Neuf means choosing one man over the other, one life over another. It is a haunting love story that will move readers to tears. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn its Homeric themes of death and love, Eros and Thanatos, \u003ci\u003ePont Neuf\u003c\/i\u003e also recalls the epic sweep of Byrd's earlier novels, especially his acclaimed Civil War novel \u003ci\u003eGrant\u003c\/i\u003e. Its accounts of the last two massive battles of the war--Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands and the cataclysmic Battle of the Bulge--are riveting and authentic, the result of years of research. These historic moments are not simply a backdrop for romance, but also the treacherous and explosive landscape through which love itself moves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called Max Byrd \"an expert in blending historical and fictional characters.\" Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Joseph Ellis, called him \"the reigning champion of American historical fiction.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Permuted Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682619216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Max Byrd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36665718145180,"sku":"9781682619216","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4d5b6430-b61d-4a4a-99c5-f4761acfbb65.jpg?v=1603910191","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pont-neuf-9781682619216","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}