{"product_id":"the-hidden-palace","title":"The Hidden Palace","description":"\u003cem\u003eAn island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise...\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA rebellious daughter\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e1925.\u003c\/strong\u003e Among the ancient honey-coloured walls of the tiny island of Malta, strangers slip into the shadows and anyone can buy a new name. Rosalie Delacroix flees Paris for a dancer's job in the bohemian clubs deep in its winding streets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA sister with a secret\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e1944.\u003c\/strong\u003e Running from the brutality of war in France, Florence Baudin faces a new life. But her estranged mother makes a desperate request: to find her vanished sister, who went missing years before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA rift over generations\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBetrayals and secrets, lies and silence hang between the sisters. A faded last letter from Rosalie is Florence's only clue, the war an immovable barrier - and time is running out...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Hidden Palace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sweeping and sumptuous with a gorgeously described sense of place. A marvellous adventure\"--TRACY REES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eDaughters of War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A wonderfully evocative and sensual writer\"--SANTA MONTEFIORE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A warm and engrossing tale of passion and courage. I loved it\"--RACHEL HORE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Love, grief, abandonment, betrayal and secrets ... I adored it\"--LIZ NUGENT\u003c\/p\u003e\r","brand":"Dinah Jefferies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44445540843756,"sku":"9780008544621","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44445540876524,"sku":"9780008544652","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780008544621.jpg?v=1708851608","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/the-hidden-palace","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}