The Hidden Palace, Dinah Jefferies
The Hidden Palace, Dinah Jefferies
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The Hidden Palace

Author: Dinah Jefferies

Narrator: Stephanie Racine

Unabridged: 14 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 11/22/2022


Synopsis

An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise… Praise for Praise for 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

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karren on August 25, 2022

Florence Baudin has just fled the Second World War in France, and she had to leave her two sisters Helene and Elsie behind in Dordogne. Florence and Jack arrive in England filthy and exhausted, she stays at his cottage in Devonshire to recuperate, and she’s wants to visit her mother in the Cotswold'......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on August 17, 2023

This is the second book in the series and after loving the first one, I was very excited to start reading. This has dual timelines featuring Florence the youngest sister and Rosalie their aunt, who left to go to Malta in 1923. Rosalie flees Paris for a dancers job in the bohemian clubs. Whilst there......more

Goodreads review by LindyLouMac on April 23, 2023

Dinah Jefferies has been a favourite author of mine, since 2014 when her debut novel 'The Separation'. Over the years she has transported me with her vivid descriptive prose to some wonderful locations, some which I have been lucky enough to visit and other places I now wish to see for myself. This......more

Goodreads review by Caprioara on November 14, 2024

O carte despre dragoste, razboi, dar peste toate, prezentarea Maltei este de milioane, cu obiceiuri si traditii.......more

Goodreads review by Lesincele on March 17, 2024

Me encanta la autora y no sabía que este libro formaba parte de una trilogía. Este es el segundo. Como echo en falta que indiquen en alguna parte de los libros si forman parte de una trilogía o saga. La primera parte que no he leído pero de la que se deducen cosas...parece muy interesante. Esta en ca......more


Quotes

More praise for ‘A stirring, richly-imagined novel about bravery and love and family loyalty tested to its limits’ ‘As layers of long-hidden family secrets emerge, you are sure to be hooked to the very last page’ ‘Rich in courage, love and sacrifice, but chilling and taut in its portrayal of the horrors of war’ ‘Lushly descriptive, exciting and vivid, this is a warm and exciting tale that will pull you in and refuse to let you go’ A tender, moving and at times heartbreaking story’