Edge Of The Fall EXPORT EDITION - Softcover

Williams, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1409139905 ISBN 13: 9781409139904

Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2015

Synopsis

In the aftermath of the Great War, the de Witt family are struggling to piece together the shattered fragments of their lives. Rudolf and his wife Verena, still reeling from the loss of their second son, don't know how to function in the post-war world. Stoneythorpe Hall has become an empty shell with no servants to ensure its upkeep. Celia, the de Witt's youngest daughter, is still desperate to spread her wings and see more of the world. To escape Stoneythorpe and the painful secrets that lie there, she moves to London and embraces life and love in the Roaring Twenties.

About this title

From the Back Cover

For fans of Downton Abbey and The Paris Wife, Globe and Mail—bestselling author Kate Williams follows up her beloved novel The Storms of War with an utterly spellbinding tale of 1920s London and Paris.

In the second volume of Kate Williams’s epic historical saga, the de Witt family are struggling to piece together their lives in the aftermath of the Great War. Rudolf and his wife, Verena, reeling from the loss of their second son, don’t know how to function in the post-war world. Eldest son Arthur has come home to Stoneythorpe Hall, but a shroud of mystery surrounds his wartime business dealings in Europe. Socialite-turned-socialist Emmeline is passionate about carving out a new niche for herself in life, one that comes with its own dangers. And idealistic, adventurous Celia, the youngest de Witt, is desperate to spread her wings and see the world. To escape Stoneythorpe and its painful secrets, she moves to London and embraces life and love in the Roaring Twenties.

At once romantic and real, sweeping and sensitive, The Edge of the Fall is brimming with intrigue and emotion, balancing the glamour of the era with the gritty reality of life in a world changed by war.

About the Author

KATE WILLIAMS is the author of the novels The Storms of War, Dancing into Life and The Pleasures of Men, as well as five acclaimed non-fiction books, including Becoming Queen, about Queen Victoria’s youth, and England’s Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton. She is also a social historian and broadcaster who appears regularly on radio and television as a historical and royal expert, frequently appears on BBC Breakfast and has hosted historical documentaries on TV and radio. The New World is the concluding volume in the Storms of War trilogy, which tells the story of the de Witt family between 1914 and 1939.

Web: kate-williams.com Twitter: @KateWilliamsme

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1409139905
• ISBN 13: 9781409139904
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432