{"product_id":"the-hidden-palace-9780008544621","title":"The Hidden Palace","description":"\u003cem\u003eAn island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise...\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA rebellious daughter\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e1925.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA sister with a secret\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e1944.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA rift over generations\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBetrayals 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...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Hidden Palace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sweeping and sumptuous with a gorgeously described sense of place. A marvellous adventure\"--TRACY REES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eDaughters of War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A wonderfully evocative and sensual writer\"--SANTA MONTEFIORE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A warm and engrossing tale of passion and courage. I loved it\"--RACHEL HORE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Love, grief, abandonment, betrayal and secrets ... I adored it\"--LIZ NUGENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780008544621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.08w x 0.98d","brand":"Dinah Jefferies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42406076645557,"sku":"9780008544621","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d53e51c8-172f-4957-8da7-aa7b65b328d4.jpg?v=1664285997","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-hidden-palace-9780008544621","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}