‘This will sweep you away for the summer. Lucy Foley blends a rich history, haunting secrets and a timeless love story’ Santa Montefiore, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Deverill series‘This will sweep you away for the summer. Lucy Foley blends a rich history, haunting secrets and a timeless love story’ Santa Montefiore, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Deverill series1921Each day Nur gazes across the waters of the Bosphorus to her childhood home, a grand white house, nestled on the opposite bank. Memories float on the breeze – the fragrance of the fig trees, the saffron sunsets of languid summer evenings. But now those days are dead.The house has been transformed into an army hospital, it is a prize of war in the hands of the British. And as Nur weaves through the streets carrying the embroideries that have become her livelihood, Constantinople swarms with Allied soldiers – a reminder of how far she and her city have fallen.The most precious thing in Nur’s new life is the orphan in her care – a boy with a terrible secret. When he falls dangerously ill Nur’s world becomes entwined with the enemy’s. She must return to where she grew up, and plead for help from Medical Officer George Monroe.As the lines between enemy and friend become fainter, a new danger emerges – something even more threatening than the lingering shadow of war.‘Lucy Foley's gorgeous elegant prose and the way she conjures up post war Constantinople makes this a beautiful, evocative and memorable read’ Lucinda Riley‘An evocative and sensitively written novel about ill-fated love, sacrifice and the violent effects of war’ S MagazineEscape with this epic holiday read of secrets and forbidden loveLucy Foley studied English Literature at Durham and UCL universities. She then worked for several years as a fiction editor in the publishing industry – during which time she wrote her debut novel, The Book of Lost and Found. Lucy now writes full-time. During the year she divides her time between the UK and the Middle East – much of this novel was written in a garden in Tehran! – as well as travelling around the world for research and inspiration . She is currently working on her next book.Visit her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/LucyFoleyAuthor and follow her on Twitter @lucyfoleytweetsEscape with this epic holiday read of secrets and forbidden love-Lucy is a fantastic talent and we’re building her as the young, new Victoria Hislop in the market-A stunning new package, which will firmly plant Lucy in a very commercial area, appealing to avid readers of Santa Montefiore and Dinah Jefferies-This new novel is Lucy’s most accomplished to date: a sweeping story of forbidden love, secret histories and the choices that haunt us, set against a rich, exotic backdropCompetition: The Last Secret of the Deverills The Temptation of Gracie . Kate Furnivall Santa Montefiore Victoria Hislop Jenny Ashcroft Rosanna Ley
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