'Beautifully written and extraordinarily moving'SUNDAY TIMES 'A powerful story of love,conscience,will and desire'OBSERVER 'A poised and well-judged work'FINANCIAL TIMES Anne Louvet needs to escape from Paris and from memories she cannot face. In the year 1936 she arrives at the faded Hotel du Lion d'Or on the Brittany coast,to work as a maid. There she meets Hartmann,a man she believes will change her life and save her from her past.From the author of Birdsong,comes a deeply moving story of love and conscience,will and desire.
Publisher: CornerstoneISBN: 9781804944158Number of pages: 256Weight: 185 gDimensions: 200 x 130 x 16 mm
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(A) story of restrained emotions played out in a period setting among picturesque locations...Faulks gives every sign of being a real novelist,who thinks and feels through the written word
Sebastian Faulks
An author who has achieved an enviable blend of literary merit and huge commercial success across a varied and experimental career,Sebastian Faulks is still best-known for his French trilogy,including the tour-de force novel of the First World War,Birdsong,The Girl at the Lion D'orand the classic novel of the French ResistanceCharlotte Gray.
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