Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson - ISBN: 9781529937824
Hardcover
Post-war Britain’s glitter hides secrets, a reporter seeks redemption and answers.
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Our Noble Selves

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  • Hardcover

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    10 October 2026

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Summary

The compelling new novel from one of Britain’s best loved storytellers.

It’s the summer of 1951 and everyone is looking to put the dark days of the war behind them. The government’s solution - The Festival of Britain, a celebration of the country’s creativity, grit and ingenuity.

For foreign correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn, it might offer the chance of redemption after a bad war in the Far East and a peace that is proving no easier to negotiate. Having failed to …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529937824
ISBN-10:1529937825
Author:Kate Atkinson
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Doubleday
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:10 October 2026
Weight:750g
Dimensions:240mm x 156mm x 40mm
About The Author

Kate Atkinson

KATE ATKINSON is one of the world’s foremost novelists. She won the Whitbread Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Life After Life, an acclaimed BBC TV series, won several prizes including the Costa Novel Award, as did A God in Ruins. Two further historical novels - Transcription and Shrines of Gaiety - were also Sunday Times bestsellers. She has published two critically acclaimed collections of short stories- Not the End of the World and Normal Rules Don’t Apply. Her bestselling literary crime novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie, Case Histories, One Good Turn, When Will There Be Good News? and Started Early, Took My Dog, became a BBC television series starring Jason Isaacs. Jackson Brodie later returned in the novel Big Sky and the most recent, Death at the Sign of the Rook, was a number one bestseller. Kate Atkinson was awarded an MBE in 2011 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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