Lily [electronic resource]
Tremain, Rose2021
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From Sunday Times bestselling novelist Rose Tremain comes a gripping novel of murder and revenge set in Victorian England. Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer... London, 1850. On a freezing winter's night, a baby is abandoned at the gates of a park only to be saved by a young policeman and taken to the Foundling Hospital. After suffering years of brutal hardship at the Hospital, Lily is released into the world of Victorian London. But she is hiding a dreadful secret... When Lily and the policeman meet again, Lily is convinced that he holds the key to her happiness. But might he also be the one to uncover her crime and so condemn her to death? 'A heartbreaking story set in Victorian England from the pitch-perfect pen of Rose Tremain' The Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR Readers love LILY 'A stunning story of love, betrayal and true grit' 'Lily is vivid and alive... historical fiction at its best' 'One of the most breathtakingly captivating and exquisitely spun pieces of storytelling I've read in a long time'
Main title:
Lily [electronic resource] / Rose Tremain
Author:
Tremain, Rose, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Random House, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 4
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Rose Tremain's novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Sacred Country) and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is Islands of Mercy. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.
ISBN:
9781473595170
Language:
English
BRN:
2750375
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