The Hidden Palace

A rebellious daughter 1925. A sister with a secret 1944. A rift over generations “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 “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 “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 “Sweeping and sumptuous with a gorgeously described sense of place. A marvellous adventure”—TRACY REES “A wonderfully evocative and sensual writer”—SANTA MONTEFIORE “A warm and engrossing tale of passion and courage. I loved it”—RACHEL HORE “Love, grief, abandonment, betrayal and secrets … I adored it”—LIZ NUGENT