{"product_id":"9780008427054","title":"The Hidden Palace : Book 2","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Dinah Jefferies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 15 September 2022 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Daughters of War' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 528 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 33mm | 356g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Praise for The Hidden Palace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Sweeping and sumptuous with a gorgeous described sense of place. A marvellous adventure’ TRACY REES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A richly atmospheric tale of grief, determination and hope’ Woman’s Own\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘True escapism’ Best\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Daughters of War hit #5 in the Sunday Times bestselling charts on 26th September 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dinah Jefferies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56153905758533,"sku":"9780008427054","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780008427054.jpg?v=1762273117","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780008427054","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}