The AbsolutistThe dazzling new novel from the bestselling author of The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas. September 1919 Twenty year old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a clutch of letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War. They trained together. They fought together. But in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield and declared himself a conscientious objector, an act which has