âThe queen of historical fiction.â âThe Guardian
For fans of Downton Abbey, Atonement and Sebastian Faulksâs Birdsong, the powerful first novel in a series about a privileged British family whose idyllic world is shattered during the First World War
âHard to put down. . . . Gripping, thoughtful, heartbreaking, and, above all, human.â âKirkus Reviews (starred review)
In the idyllic early summer of 1914, life is good for the de Witt family. Rudolf and Verena are planning their daughter Emmelineâs wedding, while their eldest son, Arthur, is studying in Paris, and Michael is back from his first term at Cambridge. Celia, the youngest de Witt, is on the brink of adulthood and secretly dreams of escaping her carefully mapped-out future.
But the onslaught of war changes everything, and the de Witts find themselves in danger of losing all they have. As Celia struggles to make sense of the changing world around her, she lies about her age to join the war effort and finds herself embroiled in a complex plot that puts not only her but those she loves in peril.
With cinematic scope and pitch-perfect detail, New York Timesâbestselling author Kate Williams tells the unforgettable story of Celia and her family as they are shunned by a society that previously embraced them, torn apart by sorrow and buffeted and changed by the storms of war.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Genre Fiction
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Author : Williams, Kate
Language : English
Published :2018-02-27
Number Of Pages : 768
Binding : Mass Market Paperback
ISBN-10 : 1443454613
ISBN-13 : 9781443454612
Item weight : 0.88 lb
Dimensions : 1.9 in x 4.1 in x 7.4 in
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