Prague, 1938. As nine year old Anna Braun witnesses the collapse of her parents' marriage Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia. A Far Away Country tells the story of these traumatic events and the effect they have on Anna and her family.
Ruth Boswell, left Czechoslovakia herself at the age of nine. A Far Away Country is based on her memories and extensive research into the period.
It is illustrated with eleven line drawings by Angela Barrett, who we also worked with on our editions of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and A Christmas Carol.
There are three states: the Numbered Edition is full bound in red book-cloth with a foil-blocked spine and a label tipped onto the front board; the Roman Edition has been hand-coloured by Angela Barrett and is full bound in leather in three colours and comes in a slipcase; and the Artist's Edition which is as the Roman Edition and comes in a solander box with one of Angela Barrett's original drawings for the book in a portfolio.
The size of the books is 216 x 130 mm and there are 204 pages.
