Author:Dinah Jefferies,Imogen Church
Brought to you by Penguin.
ONE WAR. TWO WOMEN. WILL THEY BE ABLE TO SAVE THE ONES THEY LOVE?
A sweeping new novel from the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of The Tea Planter's Wife
In 1943, Contessa Sofia de' Corsi's peaceful Tuscan villa among the olive groves is upturned by the sudden arrival of German soldiers. Desperate to fight back, she agrees to shelter a wounded British radio engineer in her home, keeping him hidden from her husband Lorenzo - knowing that she is putting all of their lives at risk.
When Maxine, an Italian-American working for the resistance, arrives on Sofia's doorstep, the pair forge an uneasy alliance. Feisty, independent Maxine promised herself never to fall in love. But when she meets a handsome partisan named Marco, she realizes it's a promise she can't keep...
Before long, the two women find themselves entangled in a dangerous game with the Nazis. Will they be discovered? And will they both be able to save the ones they love?
'Dinah Jefferies has a remarkable gift for conjuring up another time and place with lush descriptions, full of power and intensity' Kate Furnivall
'A stunning story of love and loyalty in wartime' Rachel Hore
'Beautiful writing, wonderful characters, gripping story, and such a gorgeously evoked Tuscan setting - how I loved this! Such a perfect, immersive summer read!' Jenny Ashcroft
'A lush, fast-moving, gripping story that will keep you guessing till the last pages. A perfect summer read' Gill Paul
'It's so rich & the historical details so transporting. Reading this novel is like being swept into a wonderful movie' Eve Chase
© Dinah Jefferies 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
My ideal read - I couldn't put it down
—— Santa Montefiore on 'The Tea Planter's Wife'A sweeping tale, beautifully written in a wonderful setting, heart rending yet ultimately up lifting. Gorgeous.
—— Katie Fforde on 'The Sapphire Widow'The sights, smells and atmosphere of Ceylon are beautifully depicted. This is Dinah Jefferies at her best.
—— Lucinda Riley on 'The Sapphire Widow'The most ingenious, inventive and exciting of our novelists
—— The TimesNo serious writer of this century has more thoroughly invaded and shaped the public imagination than did Graham Greene
—— The TimesAn extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist
—— New York Times Book ReviewAgonising, funny. His eloquent concern transforms something as pedestrian as a war movie seen back to front into a vision which, in its weird way, is as effecting as any short passage ever written against war
—— Time magazineVery tough and very funny...sad and delightful...very Vonnegut
—— New York TimesSplendid art... a funny book at which you are not permitted to laugh, a sad book without tears
—— Life magazineBrilliant...this war story is expertly entertaining: various modes of popular heroics are parodied, pitiful instances of human folly stripped and displayed tragi-comically... Dense with reverberant cross-references and juxtapositions
—— Financial TimesThe oddest and most directly and obliquely heart-searching war book for years...Devastating and supremely human
—— GuardianA most courageous account of the human condition; at the same time a satire so funny it makes one laugh aloud
—— Evening StandardVonnegut uses fantasy to show reality in a new light... enormously funny
—— ObserverExtraordinary...Somehow the elements of comedy, insanity and horror push each other into the right perspective...the scrambling of the time sequences makes the novel delightfully easy reading without ever blurring the ghastliness or absurdity of what happened. The blending of fantasy and documentation is masterly
—— Sunday Telegraph
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