A Gathering Storm
$33.51
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
6 January 2012
Summary
From the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller comes a gripping story of family secrets, all-consuming love and the chaos of war.
When Lucy’s troubled father Tom passes away, she travels to Cornwall to visit his childhood home – the once-beautiful Carlyon Manor. Before he died, Tom had been researching an uncle she never knew he had. Determined to find out why, Lucy tracks down Beatrice Ashton, a local woman who seems to know more than she lets on, and has an extraord…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849832885 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849832889 |
| Author: | Rachel Hore |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 6 January 2012 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘Compelling, engrossing and moving; a perfect holiday indulgence’
‘Compelling, engrossing and moving; a perfect holiday indulgence’ – Santa Montefiore on The Silent Tide
‘A tour de force. Rachel’s Paris is rich, romantic, exotic and mysterious’ – Judy Finnigan on A Week in Paris
‘Engrossing and romantic, it’s a wonderful story of family secrets and the choices women make’ – Jane Thynne on The Silent Tide
‘With a serious eye for exquisite detail, Hore’s latest, brilliantly crafted novel aptly follows a photographer, Lucy. She takes a journey to capture past, life-changing family secrets, embracing three generations along the way, across Cornwall, London East Anglia and Occupied France’ * Mirror on A Gathering Storm *
‘A fascinating, hugely readable book … Rachel Hore’s research and her mastery of the subject is deeply impressive’ – Judy Finnigan on A Place of Secrets
‘Another of this year’s top offerings’ * Daily Mail on The Glass Painter’s Daughter *
‘Pitched perfectly for a holiday read’ * Guardian on The Memory Garden *
Rachel Hore
Rachel Hore worked in London publishing for many years before moving with her family to Norwich, where she taught publishing and creative writing at the University of East Anglia until deciding to become a full-time writer. The Secrets of Dragonfly Lodge is her fourteenth novel. She is married to the writer D.J. Taylor and they have three sons.
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