The Scarlet Nightingale
A thrilling wartime love story, perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Tracy Rees
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Publisher Description
'It's just brilliant - full of poetry' - Jilly Cooper
Set in wartime London and occupied France, this is a thrilling story of love, danger and sacrifice from bestselling novelist Alan Titchmarsh.
It is the late 1930s when seventeen-year-old Rosamund Hanbury leaves behind the endless summers of her coastal Devonshire home for the fast pace of high society London.
Under the expert guidance of her formidable aunt, the country mouse learns how to act like a lady, hosting dinner parties and rubbing shoulders with Britain's most influential. And when the enigmatic Harry Napier sweeps her off her feet at London's famous Café de Paris she could almost forget that Britain has declared war.
But the Phoney War ends. Harry is posted, London reels from the first bombings of the Blitz and Rosamund suffers a devastating personal loss that leaves her all the more determined to do her bit for the war effort.
Joining the Special Forces she is sent to work alongside the Resistance on a top secret mission in France.
It is here that her courage and loyalty are truly put to the test. And where she learns that no one is what they seem: at home or abroad . . .
READERS ARE LOVING THE SCARLET NIGHTINGALE:
'Alan Titchmarsh at his best' - 5 STARS
'[Alan Titchmarsh] is a genius and has my full admiration. Buy the book!' - 5 STARS
'What a fabulous read, no hesitation in recommending this wonderful book' - 5 STARS
'Made me cry, so beautifully written' - 5 STARS
'I loved this book - I can highly recommend' - 5 STARS
Customer Reviews
The Scarlet Nightingale
A good plausible read about the goings on of SOE in the second war, which keeps you interested from start to finish. However having just read a review of another book, I wonder if the main hero is based on an actual historical person of the period. To say much more would spoil the plot.