Fiction.
Literature.
Romance.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:"Riley's engaging and mesmerizing story of self-discovery and love...can be perfectly read as a stand-alone. This book will appeal to readers of Edwardian novels and Jane Austen-style fiction." â??Library Journal (starred review) /> "[Lucinda Riley] is a master of plotting...This substantial book is a surprisingly quick and easy read, with engaging characters, a tantalizing glimpse of Edwardian society, and dual storylines that are inventive and intriguing." â??Historical Novel Society
In this spellbinding novel, two independent womenâ??separated by a hundred years but linked by forces larger than themselvesâ??discover the secrets of their birth in the spellbinding third book of an epic series by New York Times bestselling author Lucinda Riley Star D'Aplièse is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved fatherâ??the elusive billionaire, affectionately called Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted from across the four corners of the world. He has left each of them a clue to their true heritage, and Star's clue leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London, and the start of a new journey.
A hundred years earlier, headstrong and independent Flora MacNichol vows she will never marry. She is happy in her home in England's picturesque Lake Districtâ??just a stone's throw away from her childhood idol, Beatrix Potter. But when circumstances carry her to London, and into the home of one of Edwardian England's most notorious society hostesses, Alice Keppel, she finds herself a pawn in a larger game; forced to choose between passionate love and duty to her family. That is, until a meeting with a mysterious gentleman reveals answers Flora has been searching for...
Star's voyage of discovery takes her deep into Flora's remarkable story, and into her own past. But the more she uncovers, the more Star begins to question herself, and her place in the world.
Ideal for fans of Downton Abbey and the historical fiction of Kate Morton and Kristin Hannah, The Shadow Sister is the "perfect curl-up-in-an-armchair read" (Daily Mail) for anyone who wants to travel through the lush English countryside and explore the lives and loves of the… (plus d'informations)
Verwoed speurde ik de menigte af om nog een glimp van hem op te vangen, maar toen ik de laatste oproep voor mijn vlucht hoorde, wist ik dat het te laat was.
Fiction.
Literature.
Romance.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:"Riley's engaging and mesmerizing story of self-discovery and love...can be perfectly read as a stand-alone. This book will appeal to readers of Edwardian novels and Jane Austen-style fiction." â??Library Journal (starred review)
"[Lucinda Riley] is a master of plotting...This substantial book is a surprisingly quick and easy read, with engaging characters, a tantalizing glimpse of Edwardian society, and dual storylines that are inventive and intriguing." â??Historical Novel Society
In this spellbinding novel, two independent womenâ??separated by a hundred years but linked by forces larger than themselvesâ??discover the secrets of their birth in the spellbinding third book of an epic series by New York Times bestselling author Lucinda Riley Star D'Aplièse is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved fatherâ??the elusive billionaire, affectionately called Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted from across the four corners of the world. He has left each of them a clue to their true heritage, and Star's clue leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London, and the start of a new journey.
A hundred years earlier, headstrong and independent Flora MacNichol vows she will never marry. She is happy in her home in England's picturesque Lake Districtâ??just a stone's throw away from her childhood idol, Beatrix Potter. But when circumstances carry her to London, and into the home of one of Edwardian England's most notorious society hostesses, Alice Keppel, she finds herself a pawn in a larger game; forced to choose between passionate love and duty to her family. That is, until a meeting with a mysterious gentleman reveals answers Flora has been searching for...
Star's voyage of discovery takes her deep into Flora's remarkable story, and into her own past. But the more she uncovers, the more Star begins to question herself, and her place in the world.
Ideal for fans of Downton Abbey and the historical fiction of Kate Morton and Kristin Hannah, The Shadow Sister is the "perfect curl-up-in-an-armchair read" (Daily Mail) for anyone who wants to travel through the lush English countryside and explore the lives and loves of the
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Désespérée à la mort de son père, elle décide de suivre le premier indice, qui l'entraîne dans une librairie de livres anciens à Londresj où elle rencontrera l'excentrique Orlando et son frère Mouse… Un siècle auparavant, l'indépendante et entêtée Flora MacNichol jure qu'elle ne se mariera jamais. Elle est heureuse et en sécurité dans sa demeure du Lake District, vivant à proximité de son idole, Beatrix Potter, lorsque divers événements qu'elle ne maîtrise pas l'entraînent à Londres, dans la maison de l'une des hôtesses les plus réputées dans la haute société edwardienne : Alice Keppel. maitresse du roi.
Flora est tiraillée entre un amour passionnel et ses devoirs envers sa famille. (