Eight for Eternity · Historical Literary Fiction Collection

Monte Cassino, Italy. A young soldier visiting the scene of his father's death; a monk living with the guilt of a callous decision; and an alcoholic composer and a waif striking up an unlikely friendship, are among the disparate characters whose fates are bound up with that of the battle-ravaged ruin. "A sensitive approach to ... the losses of war.” Kirkus Reviews Told in flashbacks between the two world wars, this celebrated novel examines love, faith and friendship, and the tragedy of lives cut short, in war and peace. A profound and moving story that will stay with the reader long after the last page. Praise for Cecil “What a good novelist …” Sunday Times THE HISTORICAL LITERARY FICTION COLLECTION BY CECIL ROBERTS VICTORIA FOUR-THIRTY THEY WANTED TO LIVE HAVANA BOUND SO IMMORTAL A FLOWER EIGHT FOR ETERNITY ONE SMALL CANDLE