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    352 pages

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    26 February 2019

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Summary

‘A word of advice: don’t start reading this page-turner at bedtime, or you’ll be staying up all night.’ Psychologies, France

Werner Zilch was adopted as an infant, and knows nothing of his biological family. But when, in 1970s New York, he meets the family of Rebecca, the woman he has fallen in love with, a mysterious link means he must uncover the truth of his past, or run the risk of losing her.

Spanning 1945 Dresden, the Bavarian Alps and uncovering…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781473658066
ISBN-10:1473658063
Author:Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder Paperback
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:26 February 2019
Weight:250g
Dimensions:24mm x 131mm x 198mm
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Critics Review

Adelaide de Clermont-Tonnerre weaves an enigmatic, funny, sensuous web, crossed by characters which we will struggle to forget.

Adelaide de Clermont-Tonnerre weaves an enigmatic, funny, sensuous web, crossed by characters which we will struggle to forget. - Le Figaro

We’ve long awaited this elegant, delicate and feverish voice, always ready to tell us of the great romantic destinies of complex, disturbing and passionate characters. - Elle France

A romantic, well-executed bombshell of a book, built like a 1965 Maserati Sebring. - Le Point

About The Author

Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre

This is Adelaide de Clermont-Tonnerre’s second novel. Her first, Fourrure, won five literary prizes in France.

Le Dernier des Notres was the winner of both the Academie Francaise Grand Prix du Roman and the 2016 inaugural Filigranes prize, awarded to the book with the widest general appeal. It was on the longlist for the 2016 Renaudot prize, on the shortlist of four for the 2016 Landerneau prize, longlisted for the Prix de Flore.

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