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Sarah Broadhurst's view...
July 2014 eBook of the Month.
What can I say about this fabulous book? That it is classic Erskine time-slip drama of passion and incident; that it covers the war years and today and that it is big and glorious in every sense. I see that her father was a spitfire pilot and she has obviously used his memory in her research. That adds a nice personal touch. The story is of a young author researching a war artist and portraitist so we get her story and that of the said artist, integrated into each other. A lovely, lovely book to get totally lost in.
If you like Barbara Erskine you might also like to read books by Jane Johnson, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana Gabaldon.
Who is Sarah BroadhurstSynopsis
The Darkest Hour by Barbara Erskine
From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes an epic tale of love, passion and heartbreak. Love is as uncertain and as untameable as war...In the summer of 1940, most eyes are focussed on the skies above the South of England. The battle for Britain has just begun. But young Evie Lucas has eyes for no-one but a dashing young pilot called Tony. Evie has a glittering career as an artist ahead of her but seems to be wasting her time sketching endless portraits of Tony. She wants his parents to have something to remember him by in case it all goes wrong in the war...Seventy years later, and recently widowed art historian Lucy is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. And in order to do that, Lucy needs to uncover the mystery surrounding a painting in her home. But as she accidentally ends up stirring up a hornet's nest of history which has been deliberately obliterated, Lucy finds herself in danger from people past and present who have no intention of letting an untold truth ever surface.
Reviews
Praise for Barbara Erskine: 'Her forte is mood, atmosphere and the toe-curling frisson
Elizabeth Buchan, Sunday Times
'Barbara Erskine's storytelling talent is undeniable'
The Times
'Marvellous escapist stuff'
Woman and Home
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Publication date
3rd July 2014Author
Barbara ErskineMore books by Barbara Erskine
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HarperCollins Publishers Ltd an imprint of HarperCollins PublishersFormat
Hardback
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