Daughter of the House
By (Author) Rosie Thomas
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
23rd May 2016
19th May 2016
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
512
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 32mm
350g
A stunning novel from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of THE KASHMIR SHAWL
London 1919
Born into a down-at-heel family, Nancy Wix is more than her past dictates more ambitious than the daughter of a faded showman, more original than a woman who will be confined by polite conventions. The end of the Great War has left a stricken London on the brink of an uncertain future, and with their hard-won freedoms now in doubt Nancy and her fellow suffragettes must strive all over again for the right to control their own destinies.
At a time when shattered families are struggling to let go of their dead, Nancy discovers she has a gift that offers hope to the loved ones of the lost generation, and a chance encounter reveals a way in which she might use it for her own ends.
As Nancy struggles to break free from the rigid bonds of society and find her place in the world, the only thing that could hold her back is her love for an unattainable man
Wonderfula spellbinding, romantic story WOMAN AND HOME
Vintage Thomas, with all her trademark richness and depth The thinking womans popular novelist SAGA
An atmospheric tale of a woman breaking boundaries in early 20th-century London GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
Lush and satisfying Brimming with magic, love and brilliantly realized characters SUNDAY MIRROR
Heartfelt, poignant and moving LOVEREADING
A gorgeous glimpse of the 1920s BELLA
Praise for THE ILLUSIONISTS:
Love, seduction, magic and illusion collide as Rosie Thomas takes us on a spellbinding journey through an extremely shadowy world Daily Express
A brilliant Gothic mix of glitter and grime and so atmospheric you can almost see the pea-soupers Daily Mail
Always engaging: a beautifully written novel that will magic you away to the seedy streets of turn-of-the-century London Stylist
Praise for The Kashmir Shawl:
A superbly researched and vivid evocation of wartime Kashmir and Ladakh Daily Mail
A spellbinding tale. Beautifully written, honest and compassionatea delight from start to finish
Daily Express
An epic taleA complicated entanglement of family secrets, love during wartime and dangerous liaisons. For fans of Maggie OFarrell
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Rosie Thomas is the author of a number of celebrated novels, including the bestsellers Sun at Midnight, Iris and Ruby and Constance. Once she was established as a writer and her children were grown, she discovered a love of travelling and mountaineering. She has climbed in the Alps and the Himalayas, competed in the Peking to Paris car rally, spent time on a tiny Bulgarian research station in Antarctica and travelled the silk road through Asia. She lives in London.