Description
| Product ID: | 9781447248675 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Beneath the Cypress Tree |
| Authors: | Author: Margaret Pemberton |
| Page Count: | 480 |
| Subjects: | Second World War fiction, Second World War fiction, Romance, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Romance, Sagas |
| Description: | A sweeping saga of friends and lovers, set in Crete during the Second World War. <p><i>A war that could turn friends into enemies, lovers into fighters . . .</i><br><br>Summer 1935. In Margaret Pemberton's <i>Beneath the Cypress Tree</i> best friends Kate Shelton, Ella Tetley and Daphne St. Maur are on the cusp of a new life, having graduated with Classics degrees. <br><br>Kate is desperate to start work on an archaeological dig straightaway and she is thrilled to be given a position at the famous Knossos palace site in Crete. However, she doesn't bargain for working with gruff site director Lewis Sinclair – nor for her own complex feelings towards him.<br><br>In Yorkshire, Ella's family expect her to marry Sam, her steady friend who is training to be a doctor, but Ella too feels pulled to the Mediterranean by the promise of freedom. When she meets Christos, life as a country GP's wife seems even less appealing . . . <br><br>Daphne however throws herself into London's high society, falling madly in love with diplomat and heir Sholto Hertford – but then his work brings them to Crete, and Daphne becomes enchanted by the island as well.<br><br>Meanwhile, the threat of war rumbles on, as reports of Hitler's rapid expansion across Europe become impossible to ignore. It seems that nothing can touch the perfect, glittering sea and snow-capped mountains, but Kate, Ella and Daphne know that the island haven they now call home will never be the same again.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-03-23 |
