The Silversmith's Daughter

It is 1915 and Daisy Tallis, headstrong, impassioned and a talented young silversmith, is desperate to make her parents proud. Her father, Philip – with his wife Margaret – has a thriving business next door to Ebenezer Watts’s goldsmiths and the two families are considered to be at the very heart of Birmingham’s jewellery quarter community.Having studied at the city’s celebrated School of Jewellery and Silversmithing since the age of 14, Daisy is now skilled enough to be a teacher. It is at the school that she meets the notorious old rival of her father, James Carson. Though he’s a married man, beautiful but naive Daisy finds herself dangerously drawn to his flattery.As war tightens its grip on the country, the jewellery quarter is thrown into turmoil as the men are forced to decide who will enlist. When tragedy strikes can Margaret and Daisy find what it takes to hold both the business and the family together?

‘Full of drama, love and compassion.' -- Take a Break
‘A tale of passion and empathy that will keep you hooked.' -- Woman's Own
‘A tender romance with a warm heart and a gritty streak of realism.' -- Lancaster Guardian

Annie Murray was born in Berkshire and read English at St John's College, Oxford. Her first 'Birmingham' novel,Birmingham Rose, hit The Times bestseller list when it was published in 1995. She has subsequently written many other successful novels, including A Hopscotch Summer, Soldier Girl and the bestselling novels Chocolate Girls andWar Babies. Now The War Is Over is Annie's twentieth book. Annie has four children and lives near Reading. Clare Corbett is an English actress and voice artist. She has appeared on stage in productions of To Kill a Mockingbird, Pygmalion and Spoonface Steinberg, among others. Winner of the prestigious Carleton Hobbs Radio Award, she has appeared in over 250 radio plays including Absolute Power, Venus and Adonis and Dr Zhivago. She has also narrated numerous audiobooks, including Girl on the Train, which earned her Audible's Narrator of the Year for 2017.

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