"Due donne e la loro arte. Il matrimonio reale che ha cambiato la Storia. Un abito che è diventato leggenda. Mentre osserva affascinata i deliziosi ricami che la nonna le ha lasciato in eredità, Heather Mackenzie nota che sono identici a quelli dello straordinario abito che la Regina Elisabetta ha indossato al suo matrimonio, quasi settant'anni prima. Le sono arrivati in una vecchia scatola insieme a una fotografia di nonna Ann con Miriam Dassin, celebre artista sopravvissuta all'Olocausto. Che legame c'è tra le due donne? Da dove arrivano quei preziosi ricami?
Quella che a poco a poco emerge dalle pieghe del tempo è la storia di due giovani ricamatrici che lavorano presso la nota casa di moda Hartnell a Mayfair: Ann, ragazza inglese della classe operaia, e Miriam, immigrata francese sfuggita ai Nazisti. E proprio a loro, prima coinquiline, poi amiche, viene offerta un'opportunità eccezionale: realizzare lo squisito, complicatissimo ricamo che ornerà l'abito nuziale della futura Regina. Lo stesso ricamo che, dopo aver attraversato il tempo e l'oceano, condurrà Heather incontro al proprio destino.
IL LIBRO PERFETTO PER I FAN DI 'THE CROWN'"
"Terrore e speranza, amore e sacrificio: un romanzo ispirato a una storia vera.1943. Per gli ebrei italiani la situazione si fa di giorno in giorno più difficile e pericolosa. I nazisti hanno occupato gran parte del paese, e il rischio di essere imprigionati e deportati è sempre più concreto. Per Antonia Mazin, ormai, l'unica speranza di sopravvivere è lasciare la città e i genitori, cambiare nome e rifugiarsi in campagna insieme a un uomo che conosce appena, Niccolò Gerardi. Nico studiava per diventare prete prima che le circostanze lo costringessero a lasciare il seminario, ma un idealista dall'animo puro come lui non può assistere passivamente ciò che fascisti e nazisti stanno facendo, e per portare Nina al sicuro nella fattoria della sua famiglia accetta di fingere che lei sia la sua sposa. Ma la vita in campagna non è semplice per una ragazza di città come lei, che sognava di diventare medico come suo padre: i vicini faticano ad accettare quella sconosciuta dolce e istruita, e quel che è peggio la loro diffidenza è condivisa da un ufficiale nazista che nutre sentimenti di vendetta nei confronti di Nico. Per i due giovani, il passo dalla finzione alla realtà è breve, i loro sentimenti diventano a poco a poco più profondi e in breve i due ragazzi si scoprono innamorati. E iniziano a temere che prima o poi qualcosa, o qualcuno, finirà per separarli…"
"Es 1953 y una nueva reina está a punto de ser coronada. El pueblo de Londres está de celebración, sobre todo los residentes del hotel Blue Lion.
Stella Donati, una joven fotógrafa italiana superviviente del Holocausto, vive en el Blue Lion mientras ocupa un codiciado puesto en la revista Picture Weekly. Londres en modo de celebración le parece un mundo diferente. A medida que aprende los entresijos de su nueva profesión, Stella descubre un propósito y una dirección que honran su pasado y le brindan esperanza para su futuro.
James Geddes, héroe de guerra y artista de talento, lucha por hacerse un hueco en un mundo que desdeña su ascendencia india. En el Blue Lion le hacen sentirse bienvenido y digno, aunque, según se va haciendo más profunda su amistad con Edie, empieza a sospechar que algo va mal en su nuevo hogar.
Cuando unas amenazas anónimas centradas en el día de la coronación, en el Blue Lion e incluso en la propia reina perturban su ambiente de feliz optimismo, Edie y sus amigos deben descubrir la verdad, salvar su hogar y desenmascarar a quienes pretenden borrar la alegría y la esperanza."
"#1 Globe and Mail Bestseller
USA Today Bestseller
A daring young woman will risk her life to find her destiny in this atmospheric, beautifully drawn historical debut novel—a tale of love, hope, and danger set during the First World War.
Lady Elizabeth Neville-Ashford wants to travel the world, pursue a career, and marry for love. But in 1914, the stifling restrictions of aristocratic British society and her mother’s rigid expectations forbid Lilly from following her heart. When war breaks out, the spirited young woman seizes her chance for independence. Defying her parents, she moves to London and eventually becomes an ambulance driver in the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps—an exciting and treacherous job that takes her close to the Western Front.
Assigned to a field hospital in France, Lilly is reunited with Robert Fraser, her dear brother Edward’s best friend. The handsome Scottish surgeon has always encouraged Lilly’s dreams. She doesn’t care that Robbie grew up in poverty—she yearns for their friendly affection to become something more. Lily is the most beautiful—and forbidden—woman Robbie has ever known. Fearful for her life, he’s determined to keep her safe, even if it means breaking her heart.
In a world divided by class, filled with uncertainty and death, can their hope for love survive. . . or will it become another casualty of this tragic war?"
"To survive the Holocaust, a young Jewish woman must pose as a Christian farmer’s wife in this unforgettable novel from USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Robson—a story of terror, hope, love, and sacrifice, inspired by true events, that vividly evokes the most perilous days of World War II.
It is the autumn of 1943, and life is becoming increasingly perilous for Italian Jews like the Mazin family. With Nazi Germany now occupying most of her beloved homeland, and the threat of imprisonment and deportation growing ever more certain, Antonina Mazin has but one hope to survive—to leave Venice and her beloved parents and hide in the countryside with a man she has only just met.
Nico Gerardi was studying for the priesthood until circumstances forced him to leave the seminary to run his family’s farm. A moral and just man, he could not stand by when the fascists and Nazis began taking innocent lives. Rather than risk a perilous escape across the mountains, Nina will pose as his new bride. And to keep her safe and protect secrets of his own, Nico and Nina must convince prying eyes they are happily married and in love.
But farm life is not easy for a cultured city girl who dreams of becoming a doctor like her father, and Nico’s provincial neighbors are wary of this soft and educated woman they do not know. Even worse, their distrust is shared by a local Nazi official with a vendetta against Nico. The more he learns of Nina, the more his suspicions grow—and with them his determination to exact revenge.
As Nina and Nico come to know each other, their feelings deepen, transforming their relationship into much more than a charade. Yet both fear that every passing day brings them closer to being torn apart . . . "
"From USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Robson—author of Moonlight Over Paris and Somewhere in France—comes a lush historical novel that tells the fascinating story of Ruby Sutton, an ambitious American journalist who moves to London in 1940 to report on the Second World War, and to start a new life an ocean away from her past.
In the summer of 1940, ambitious young American journalist Ruby Sutton gets her big break: the chance to report on the European war as a staff writer for Picture Weekly newsmagazine in London. She jumps at the chance, for it's an opportunity not only to prove herself, but also to start fresh in a city and country that know nothing of her humble origins. But life in besieged Britain tests Ruby in ways she never imagined.
Although most of Ruby's new colleagues welcome her, a few resent her presence, not only as an American but also as a woman. She is just beginning to find her feet, to feel at home in a country that is so familiar yet so foreign, when the bombs begin to fall.
As the nightly horror of the Blitz stretches unbroken into weeks and months, Ruby must set aside her determination to remain an objective observer. When she loses everything but her life, and must depend upon the kindness of strangers, she learns for the first time the depth and measure of true friendship—and what it is to love a man who is burdened by secrets that aren’t his to share.
Goodnight from London, inspired in part by the wartime experiences of the author’s own grandmother, is a captivating, heartfelt, and historically immersive story that readers are sure to embrace."
"An aristocratic young woman leaves the sheltered world of London to find adventure, passion, and independence in 1920s Paris in this mesmerizing story from the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France and After the War is Over.
Spring, 1924
Recovering from a broken wartime engagement and a serious illness that left her near death, Lady Helena Montagu-Douglas-Parr vows that for once she will live life on her own terms. Breaking free from the stifling social constraints of the aristocratic society in which she was raised, she travels to France to stay with her free spirited aunt. For one year, she will simply be Miss Parr. She will explore the picturesque streets of Paris, meet people who know nothing of her past—and pursue her dream of becoming an artist.
A few years after the Great War’s end, the City of Light is a bohemian paradise teeming with actors, painters, writers, and a lively coterie of American expatriates who welcome Helena into their romantic and exciting circle. Among them is Sam Howard, an irascible and infuriatingly honest correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. Dangerously attractive and deeply scarred by the horror and carnage of the war, Sam is unlike any man she has ever encountered. He calls her Ellie, sees her as no one has before, and offers her a glimpse of a future that is both irresistible and impossible.
As Paris rises phoenix-like from the ashes of the Great War, so too does Helena. Though she’s shed her old self, she’s still uncertain of what she will become and where she belongs. But is she strong enough to completely let go of the past and follow her heart, no matter where it leads her?
Artfully capturing the Lost Generation and their enchanting city, Moonlight Over Paris is the spellbinding story of one young woman’s journey to find herself, and claim the life—and love—she truly wants."
"The International bestselling author of Somewhere in France returns with her sweeping second novel—a tale of class, love, and freedom—in which a young woman must find her place in a world forever changed.
After four years as a military nurse, Charlotte Brown is ready to leave behind the devastation of the Great War. The daughter of a vicar, she has always been determined to dedicate her life to helping others. Moving to busy Liverpool, she throws herself into her work with those most in need, only tearing herself away for the lively dinners she enjoys with the women at her boarding house.
Just as Charlotte begins to settle into her new circumstances, two messages arrive that will change her life. One, from a radical young newspaper editor, offers her a chance to speak out for those who cannot. The other pulls her back to her past, and to a man she has tried, and failed, to forget.
Edward Neville-Ashford, her former employer and the brother of Charlotte’s dearest friend, is now the new Earl of Cumberland—and a shadow of the man he once was. Yet under his battle wounds and haunted eyes Charlotte sees glimpses of the charming boy who long ago claimed her foolish heart. She wants to help him, but dare she risk her future for a man who can never be hers?
As Britain seethes with unrest and post-war euphoria flattens into bitter disappointment, Charlotte must confront long-held insecurities to find her true voice . . . and the courage to decide if the life she has created is the one she truly wants."
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