Burnford, Sheila BEL RIA, Dog of War, Michael Joseph, London, First Edition, 1977. By the author of "The Incredible Journey". Hardcover in very good condition, dust jacket in good condition, plastic protected, 204 pages. The Bel Ria of the title is a tough little terrier; a member of a tiny Basque travelling circus troupe which was shot to pieces by a German Stuka in the confusion of the retreat from France, the dog survives the sinking of the troopship Lancastria together with his fellow performer, a capuchin monkey called Louis. Three fractured human lives are changed by their involvement with this dog.
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