The Hidden Palace by Dinah Jefferies

An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise?_? A rebellious daughter1925. 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?_Ts job in the bohemian clubs deep in its winding streets. A sister with a secret1944. 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. A rift over generationsBetrayals and secrets, lies and silence hang between the sisters. A faded last letter from Rosalie is Florence?_Ts only clue, the war an immovable barrier ?_" and time is running out?_? Praise for The Hidden Palace ?_~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?_T HAZEL GAYNOR ?_~Dinah Jefferies wields her storytelling magic on the island of Malta . . . It?_Ts engrossing and sensual, full of the heat of the Mediterranean sun?_T GILL PAUL ?_~Powerful, passionate and profoundly moving . . . this compelling mix of love and tragedy vibrates with warmth and pain, and captures the intense dislocation of war?_T KATE FURNIVALL ?_~Sweeping and sumptuous with a gorgeous described sense of place. A marvellous adventure?_T TRACY REES ?_~A richly atmospheric tale of grief, determination and hope?_T Woman?_Ts Own ?_~True escapism?_T Best Daughters of War hit #5 in the Sunday Times bestselling charts on 26th September 2021.
Binding: Paperback / softback