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Ballroom
eBook - A Richard and Judy book club pick
ISBN/EAN: 9781448170043
Umbreit-Nr.: 9088003
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 352 S., 0.82 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 11.02.2016
Auflage: 1/2016
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p><b>A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK AUTUMN 2016</b></p><p><b>'Absolutely heart-breaking. One of the best books Ive ever read' DINAH JEFFERIES, author of<i>The Tea-Planter's Wife</i></b> <b></b> <b></b> <b>'Compelling, elegant and insightful'<i>Observer</i></b> '<b>Beautifully wrought, tender, heartbreaking'<i>Sunday Express 5/5</i></b> <b>'Moving, fascinating'<i>Times</i></b> <b>'A tender and absorbing love story'<i>Daily Mail</i></b></p><p><b><i>'</i>Unsentimental and affecting'<i>Sunday Times</i></b></p><p><b>'Exquisitely good'<i>Metro</i></b></p> <p>1911: Inside an asylum at the edge of the Yorkshire moors, where men and women are kept apart by high walls and barred windows, there is a ballroom vast and beautiful. For one bright evening every week they come together and dance. When John and Ella meet It is a dance that will change two lives forever.</p><p>Set over the heatwave summer of 1911, the end of the Edwardian era, THE BALLROOM is a historical love story. It tells a page-turning tale of dangerous obsession, of madness and sanity, and of who gets to decide which is which.</p>
- Kurztext
- The unputdownable historical novel by the acclaimed and bestselling author of WAKE and EXPECTATION: a devastating story of love and madness at the brink of the Great War. 'Absolutely heart-breaking. One of the best books I ve ever read' DINAH JEFFERIES, author of The Tea-Planter's Wife'Compelling, elegant, insightful' OBSERVER1911: Inside an asylum at the edge of the Yorkshire moors, where men and women are kept apart by high walls and barred windows, there is a ballroom vast and beautiful. For one bright evening every week they come together and dance. When John and Ella meet it is a dance that will change two lives forever.Set over the heatwave summer of 1911, the end of the Edwardian era, THE BALLROOM tells a rivetting tale of dangerous obsession, of madness and sanity, and of who gets to decide which is which. It is a love story like no other.*****************************************Praise for Anna Hope's The Ballroom:'Beautifully wrought, tender, heartbreaking' Sunday Express 5/5'Moving, fascinating' Times'A tender and absorbing love story' Daily Mail'Unsentimental and affecting' Sunday Times'Exquisitely good' Metro'Absolutely fantastic . . . I'm in real awe of her writing' ELIZABETH MACNEAL, author of The Doll Factory______________
- Autorenportrait
- <p>ANNA HOPE was born in Manchester and educated at Oxford University and RADA. THE BALLROOM is inspired by the true story of her great-great-grand-father. She is the author of the acclaimed debut novel WAKE.</p><p>Follow her on Twitter @Anna_Hope</p>