The Silent Tide
'A magical novel about life, love & family' from the million-copy bestseller of The Hidden Years
$27.27
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2013
Summary
When Emily Gordon, editor at a London publishing house, commissions an account of great English novelist Hugh Morton, she finds herself steering a tricky path between Morton’s formidable widow, Jacqueline, who’s determined to protect his secrets, and the biographer, charming and ambitious Joel Richards. But someone is sending Emily mysterious missives about Hugh Morton’s past and she discovers a buried story that simply has to be told…
One winter’s day in 1948, nineteen year old Isabe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849832908 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849832900 |
| Author: | Rachel Hore |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| 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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