{"product_id":"the-hidden-palace-dinah-jefferies-9780008427054","title":"The Hidden Palace by Dinah Jefferies (Paperback)","description":"An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eA rebellious daughter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1925. Among the ancient honey-coloured walls of the tiny island of Malta, strangers slip into the shadows and anyone can buy a new name. Rosalie Delacroix flees Paris for a dancer's job in the bohemian clubs deep in its winding streets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA sister with a secret\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1944. Running from the brutality of war in France, Florence Baudin faces a new life. But her estranged mother makes a desperate request: to find her vanished sister, who went missing years before.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA rift over generations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Betrayals and secrets, lies and silence hang between the sisters. A faded last letter from Rosalie is Florence's only clue, the war an immovable barrier - and time is running out...\u003c\/p\u003e Praise for The Hidden Palace \u003cp\u003e'Completely swept me away to another place and time. Dinah is the queen of sumptuous settings, transporting the reader effortlessly from chocolate-box Devonshire to the cabaret clubs of 1920s Paris and war-torn Malta. A marvellous, multi-layered story, populated with characters to really care for' HAZEL GAYNOR\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Dinah Jefferies wields her storytelling magic on the island of Malta . . . It's engrossing and sensual, full of the heat of the Mediterranean sun' GILL PAUL\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Powerful, passionate and profoundly moving . . . this compelling mix of love and tragedy vibrates with warmth and pain, and captures the intense dislocation of war' KATE FURNIVALL\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Sweeping and sumptuous with a gorgeous described sense of place. A marvellous adventure' TRACY REES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A richly atmospheric tale of grief, determination and hope' Woman's Own\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'True escapism' Best\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaughters of War hit #5 in the Sunday Times bestselling charts on 26th September 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55069160210775,"sku":"9780008427054","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/9780008427054_88f8a393-9006-465c-9a1e-cb8d6a986a34.jpg?v=1789768796","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/the-hidden-palace-dinah-jefferies-9780008427054","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}