Blogs in August 2015

Last Voyage of the Valentina 9th August 2015

An eccentric aristocrat is savagely murdered in his Italian palazzo at the end of WW2. Twenty years later, this unsolved crime touches the life of Alba, a hedonistic girl who lives on a houseboat in Sixties Chelsea. Between these...

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Angel Heart 7th August 2015

Angel Heart is a lavish mix of romance, adventure, and a hint of the supernatural, largely set in France against the turbulent background of Napoleon’s return from Elba. Devonshire, January 1815. Marie-Ange, the young widow of an English officer,...

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Rebecca 7th August 2015

Location is based on the author’s house, possibly Cornwall. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . .   Working as a lady’s companion, the heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very...

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The Camomile Lawn 7th August 2015

Behind the large house, the fragrant camomile lawn stretches down to the Cornish cliffs. Here, in the dizzying heat of August 1939, five cousins have gathered at their aunt’s house for their annual ritual of a holiday. For most...

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The Lost Garden 7th August 2015

It’s Spring 1941 and London is being destroyed by the Blitz. Gwen Davis, a young horticulturist, leaves the city for the Devon countryside. In charge of a troop of Land Girls, her job is to rebuild the grounds of...

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