The Song of Hartgrove Hall
Title | The Song of Hartgrove Hall PDF eBook |
Author | Natasha Solomons |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 391 |
Release | 2015-12-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0698407024 |
From the New York Times bestselling author of The House at Tyneford comes a captivating 1940s English country novel of a love triangle, family obligations, and rediscovering joy in the face of grief—perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Downton Abbey. New Year’s Eve, Dorset, England, 1946. Candles flicker, a gramophone scratches out a tune as guests dance and sip champagne—for one night Hartgrove Hall relives better days. Harry Fox-Talbot and his brothers have returned from World War II determined to save their once grand home from ruin. But the arrival of beautiful Jewish wartime singer Edie Rose tangles the threads of love and duty, and leads to a devastating betrayal. Fifty years later, now a celebrated composer, Fox reels from the death of his adored wife, Edie. Until his connection with his four-year old grandson—a music prodigy—propels him back into life, and ultimately to confront his past. An enthralling novel about love and treachery, joy after grief, and a man forced to ask: is it ever too late to seek forgiveness?
The Song Collector
Title | The Song Collector PDF eBook |
Author | Natasha Solomons |
Publisher | Sceptre |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016-03-24 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781444736410 |
House of Gold
Title | House of Gold PDF eBook |
Author | Natasha Solomons |
Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 073521297X |
Vienna, 1911. Greta Goldbaum has always hungered after what's forbidden: secret university lectures, unseemly trumpet lessons, and most of all, the freedom to choose her life's path. United across Europe by unsurpassed wealth and power, Goldbaum men are bankers, while Goldbaum women marry Goldbaum men to produce Goldbaum children. Greta moves to England to wed Albert, a distant cousin. The marriage is not a success, but when Albert's mother gives Greta a garden, she falls in love with her garden, then with England, and finally with her husband. But when World War I begins, her family is splintered: Albert is at the front lines for the Allies; Greta's brother Otto is fighting for the Central Powers. -- adapted from publisher info.
The Gallery of Vanished Husbands
Title | The Gallery of Vanished Husbands PDF eBook |
Author | Natasha Solomons |
Publisher | Penguin Group |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2013-08-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0142180548 |
A moving story of family and a life-long love affair in 1950s London, from the New York Times bestselling author of The House at Tyneford. London, 1958. It's the eve of the sexual revolution, but in Juliet Montague's conservative Jewish community where only men can divorce women, she finds herself a living widow, invisible. Ever since her husband disappeared seven years ago, Juliet has been a hardworking single mother of two and unnaturally practical. But on her thirtieth birthday, that's all about to change. A wealthy young artist asks to paint her portrait, and Juliet, moved by the powerful desire to be seen, enters into the burgeoning art world of 1960s London, which will bring her fame, fortune, and a life-long love affair.
I, Mona Lisa
Title | I, Mona Lisa PDF eBook |
Author | Natasha Solomons |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-03-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1529158796 |
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'A beautifully written, literary tour-de-force' John Ironmonger, author of Not Forgetting the Whale 'A wonderfully written story of art, but also of obsession, friendship and love - I absolutely adored this novel' Jillian Cantor The Mona Lisa has hung in the Louvre for over two-hundred years. She has watched alone in silence as millions of people have admired her behind the glass. Now, she is finally ready to tell her own story. Over five centuries, from da Vinci's bustling Florentine studio to the opulent French court, Mona will be desired, stolen, heartbroken, curious, furious, and above all, she will be heard. 'Solomons' prose is lyrical and her detail immense. No longer can I look at the Mona Lisa without hearing her. But more, now I know her' PRESS ASSOCIATION
Burning Bright
Title | Burning Bright PDF eBook |
Author | Tracy Chevalier |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2007-03-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1101213582 |
From the author of the international bestseller Girl With a Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard, comes a stirring eighteenth-century coming-of-age tale In the waning days of eighteenth-century London, poet, artist, and printer William Blake works in obscurity as England is rocked by the shock waves of the French Revolution. Next door, the Kellaway family has just moved in, and country boy Jem Kellaway strikes up a tentative friendship with street-savvy Maggie Butterfield. As their stories intertwine with Blake's, the two children navigate the confusing and exhilarating path to adolescence, and inspire the poet to create the work that enshrined his genius.
Dancing for Degas
Title | Dancing for Degas PDF eBook |
Author | Kathryn Wagner |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010-03-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0385343868 |
In the City of Lights, at the dawn of a new age, begins an unforgettable story of great love, great art—and the most painful choices of the heart. With this fresh and vibrantly imagined portrait of the Impressionist artist Edgar Degas, readers are transported through the eyes of a young Parisian ballerina to an era of light and movement. An ambitious and enterprising farm girl, Alexandrie joins the prestigious Paris Opera ballet with hopes of securing not only her place in society but her family’s financial future. Her plan is soon derailed, however, when she falls in love with the enigmatic artist whose paintings of the offstage lives of the ballerinas scandalized society and revolutionized the art world. As Alexandrie is drawn deeper into Degas’s art and Paris’s secrets, will she risk everything for her dreams of love and of becoming the ballet’s star dancer?