Lily
A Victorian Tale of revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author
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4.1 • 121 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
Lily Mortimer is left in a London park in 1850, a nameless child carrying a secret she does not yet understand.
Raised in the Foundling Hospital, Lily grows up under strict discipline and constant uncertainty, learning early that survival depends on resilience rather than kindness. After years of suffering brutal hardship, Lily is released into the world of Victorian London and the truth about her past begins to surface.
What begins as a search for belonging becomes something darker when Lily is reunited with policeman who first left her at the Foundling Hospital. Determined to confront those who have wronged her, Lily risks everything to claim control of her own life.
‘Enthralling… Tremain evokes Victorian London with visceral intensity in a gripping and deeply humane novel exploring themes of rejection, poverty, guilt and redemption’ Observer
'A heartbreaking story set in Victorian England from the pitch-perfect pen of Rose Tremain' The Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Customer Reviews
A good well written Victorian novel
A story of tragedy and endurance surviving despite cruel Victorian hardship eventually finding kindness and warmth and love - good reading .
Lily
This was a book chosen by our book club at Exe sailing club. I was entranced from the beginning to the end of this beautiful, heartbreaking, emotional journey of Lily. Well written, emotive and captivating.
i say 4/5 stars
the book and the structure of the writing does not have that suspense that you expect, it’s a nice little story to read based on the authors life… being saved just as lilly was ….i feel like i could probably have done a better job …but IM NOT disappointed it was just slow and characters stay the same…but over all yeh add it to the basked “ next pls