Description
| Product ID: | 9780008427054 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Daughters of War |
| Title: | The Hidden Palace |
| Authors: | Author: Dinah Jefferies |
| Page Count: | 528 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical romance, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Historical fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise… An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise…A rebellious daughter1925. Among the ancient honey-coloured walls of the tiny island of Malta, strangers slip into the shadows and anyone can buy a new name. Rosalie Delacroix flees Paris for a dancer’s job in the bohemian clubs deep in its winding streets.A sister with a secret1944. Running from the brutality of war in France, Florence Baudin faces a new life. But her estranged mother makes a desperate request: to find her vanished sister, who went missing years before.A rift over generationsBetrayals and secrets, lies and silence hang between the sisters. A faded last letter from Rosalie is Florence’s only clue, the war an immovable barrier – and time is running out…Praise for The Hidden Palace‘Completely swept me away to another place and time. Dinah is the queen of sumptuous settings, transporting the reader effortlessly from chocolate-box Devonshire to the cabaret clubs of 1920s Paris and war-torn Malta. A marvellous, multi-layered story, populated with characters to really care for’ HAZEL GAYNOR‘Dinah Jefferies wields her storytelling magic on the island of Malta . . . It’s engrossing and sensual, full of the heat of the Mediterranean sun’ GILL PAUL‘Powerful, passionate and profoundly moving . . . this compelling mix of love and tragedy vibrates with warmth and pain, and captures the intense dislocation of war’ KATE FURNIVALL‘Sweeping and sumptuous with a gorgeous described sense of place. A marvellous adventure’ TRACY REES‘A richly atmospheric tale of grief, determination and hope’ Woman’s Own‘True escapism’ BestDaughters of War hit #5 in the Sunday Times bestselling charts on 26th September 2021. |
| Imprint Name: | HarperCollins |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-09-15 |
