Number One bestselling author Philippa Gregory's new historical novel tracks the rise of the Tidelands family in London,Venice and New England.
Midsummer Eve 1670. Two unexpected visitors arrive at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the River Thames. The first is a wealthy man hoping to find the lover he deserted twenty-one years before. James Avery has everything to offer,including the favour of the newly restored King Charles II,and he believes that the warehouse's poor owner Alinor has the one thing his money cannot buy - his son and heir.
The second visitor is a beautiful widow from Venice in deepest mourning. She claims Alinor as her mother-in-law and has come to tell Alinor that her son Rob has drowned in the dark tides of the Venice lagoon.
Alinor writes to her brother Ned,newly arrived in faraway New England and trying to make a life between the worlds of the English newcomers and the American Indians as they move toward inevitable war. Alinor tells him that she knows - without doubt - that her son is alive and the widow is an imposter.
Set in the poverty and glamour of Restoration London,in the golden streets of Venice,and on the tensely contested frontier of early America,this is a novel of greed and desire: for love,for wealth,for a child,and for home.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster LtdISBN: 9781471172885Number of pages: 496
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'A gripping read spanning London,Venice and New England,all beautifully observed by Gregory'- Woman & Home
Philippa Gregory
A master of period biographical fiction Philippa Gregory is one of the most popular novelists writing today. Her novels range across historical periods from the early 1400's to the Twentieth Century but she is best known for her portrayals of the women around the Tudor court of Henry VIII,most famously Anne Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl.
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