{"product_id":"9780008458713","title":"The Hidden Palace","description":"Author: Jefferies, Dinah\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780008458713\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 528\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 235mm x 155mm x 35mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003eAn island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise…\u003cbr\u003e\n A rebellious daughter\u003cbr\u003e\n1925. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA sister with a secret\u003cbr\u003e\n1944. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA rift over generations\u003cbr\u003e\nBetrayals 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…\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPraise for The Hidden Palace\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘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\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘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\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘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\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘Sweeping and sumptuous with a gorgeous described sense of place. A marvellous adventure’ TRACY REES\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘A richly atmospheric tale of grief, determination and hope’ Woman’s Own\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘True escapism’ Best\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDaughters of War hit #5 in the Sunday Times bestselling charts on 26th September 2021.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42537384902814,"sku":"HPC-9780008458713","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/products\/9780008458713.jpg?v=1681116228","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780008458713","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}