A seductive collection of stories from the 'magnificent story-teller' ( Independent on Sunday ). Rose Tremain has sold over one million copies of her books. Trapped in a London flat, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s Paris. The m
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A seductive collection of stories from the 'magnificent story-teller' ( Independent on Sunday ). Rose Tremain has sold over one million copies of her books. Trapped in a London flat, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s Paris. The m
In 1865, in the polite drawing rooms of Victorian Bath, Jane Adeane discovers that the heart is rarely obedient. Islands of Mercy follows Jane Adeane, a gifted nurse and the daughter of a respected surgeon, as she confronts the limits placed on her by r m
Lily Mortimer is left in a London park in 1850, a nameless child carrying a secret she does not yet understand. Raised in the Foundling Hospital, Lily grows up under strict discipline and constant uncertainty, learning early that survival depends on resil
Gorgeous Observer * Profoundly moving Financial Times * ' Electrifying' Daily Mail How do you find the courage to make your own life? An unputdownable novel about first love set in 1960s London from Sunday Times bestselling Rose Tremain Marianne i
From the author of The Gustav Sonata At the age of six, Mary Ward, the child of a poor farming family in Suffolk, has a revelation: ' I am not Mary. That is a mistake. I am not a girl. I'm a boy.' So begins a heroic struggle to change gender,
In 1629, young English lutenist Peter Claire arrives at the Danish court believing music will secure his future. Instead, he enters a world shaped by suspicion, rivalry and royal power. Set in Denmark and in the shadow of the Thirty Years War, Music & Sil
Robert Merivel, son of a glove maker and an aspiring physician, finds his fortunes transformed when he is given a position at the court of King Charles II. Merivel slips easily into a life of luxury and idleness, enthusiastically enjoying the women and wi
Gustav Perle grows up in a small town in Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War seem only a distant echo. An only child, he lives alone with Emilie, the mother he adores but who treats him with bitter severity. He begins an intense friends
'An electrifying, word-perfect tale Gently devastating, devastatingly beautiful Daily Mail 'Funny , piercing, and singular I cant fathom the reason why you wouldnt rush straight out to buy it Observer Determined, rebellious Marianne Clifford is
In a silent valley in southern France stands an isolated stone farmhouse. Aramon, the owner, is so haunted by his violent past that he drowns himself in drink. Meanwhile, his sister Audrun dreams of exacting retribution for a lifetime of betrayals. Into t
Vi skriver 1629, da den 27-årige lutspiller Peter Claire rejser fra sit hjemland, England, for at spille ved Christian IVs hof på Rosenborg. Han bliver hurtigt kongens yndling, men da han forelsker sig i kongens elskerindes kammerpige Emilia, bliver hans