The Hidden Palace: the most spellbinding escapist historical novel of WW2 Malta from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller (The Daughters of War, Book 2)

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However, there did seem to be a couple of ideas that were introduced into the novel and then not developed. Florence and her aunt Rosalie have a lot in common, both have experienced heartache, and are attracted to men who are very similar. I did think for the author not to be able to travel to Malta whilst writing this book due to Covid meant that some of the descriptions of this unique island didn’t spring to life as much as I would have wanted to. At the end of the first book Florence escaped from occupied France with Jack, including a gruelling walk through the Pyrenees.

The Hidden Palace', part 2 in The Daughters of War trilogy, carries on from where the previous novel finished, though I think it reads perfectly well as a stand alone. We reunite with the characters just after Florence and Jack have arrived in England in 1944 having survived the treacherous journey from France and across the Pyrenees mountains. Staying in a small cottage in Devon, England, belonging to Jack, a man she and her sisters had met in France, before visiting her mother, Florence regained her strength and made the journey. The Tea Planter’s Wife is so much more than a conventional love story, with all its twists and turns and guilt and betrayal.Almost as soon as she arrives, her mothers says she has a request – she wants Florence to find out what happened to Rosalie (Claudette’s sister) who ran away from Paris twenty years before and might be in Malta. 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. However, the previous story was gradually revealed, explaining the complex family background of Florence and her two sisters. A well written story about the relationship between sisters and why one changes her identity, war, secrets, crime, human trafficking, betrayal, overcoming loss, and finding love. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Dark secrets lie at every turn, hidden beneath layers of 1920s racism and the fearfulness of a crumbling colonial power, making for a thoroughly gripping tale. L’uomo è distrutto dal rimorso di non aver salvato dal bombardamento il suo figlioletto e sta cercando a tutti i costi di divorziare da Belinda, una donna difficile e insoddisfatta. It is an interesting different novel to what I normally read however it is a light read but at the same time it has elements of sadness, grief and loss. For me Rosalie’s story was stronger than Florence’s although things for Florence did take several turns towards the end of the book. Born in Malaysia, she moved to England at the age of nine, and went on to study fashion design, work in Tuscany as an au pair for an Italian countess, and live with a rock band in a commune in Suffolk.They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. I’m interested to see which sister the story will focus on and how does Marrakech fit into the overall plot because it certainly hasn’t been previously mentioned. Florence suffered unimaginable trauma and when a devastating secret becomes known to her she was faced with no other choice but to leave the place she loved so much. I enjoyed reading a book set in the wars that wasn’t in France, Germany or Britain; Malta’s experience has significantly added to my understanding of this period.