Book guide
The Absolutist
A soldier carries a dead man’s letters—and a secret the war could not bury.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalLGBTQ+HistoricalWar storyLiteraryTragic love storyLiteraryLGBTQ+LiteraryGrief journey
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About The Absolutist
In 1919, Tristan Sadler travels to Norwich to deliver letters from Will Bancroft, the fellow soldier who declared himself a conscientious objector and was shot as a traitor, while Tristan recalls their wartime bond and hidden shame.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Medium
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- war
- homophobia
- death
- violence
- gun violence
- suicide
- PTSD
- gore
