The Enigmas

To save her sister, she’ll rewrite history…

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'A spectacular writer. Her unwavering command of voice, time, and place bring history to life with imagination and purpose, but it is her skill in illuminating the selfless bonds between women that gets me every time' Bonnie Garmus

'A luminous novel: richly imagined and full of characters you’ll root for until the end' Chloe Benjamin

‘The best book you’ll read all year’ Gillian McAllister

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What would we risk to save the people we love?

It is 1940, and Beatrice Bone does not want to turn twenty-eight. She longs for adventure like the heroines of her favourite novels, but instead finds herself locked away in her parents’ house by a mother determined to keep her safe from a world at war.

Then her sister Clemmie gives her a birthday gift: a pocket watch, inscribed with two words. Memento Mori. Remember you must die.

Days later, Clemmie is dead.

In her grief, Beatrice would do anything to wrench time backwards. And then, impossibly, she finds that she can.

But what future will unfold when the past is rewritten?

The Enigmas is a novel about bravery and sacrifice, about the mysteries of time, and love that endures beyond its reach.

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Readers love THE ENIGMAS:

‘Another absolute masterpiece… The Enigmas will completely blow you away – it is her most ambitious, emotionally powerful, and beautifully written novel yet’

‘Had me absolutely captivated, in awe and sobbing’

‘Highly original and impossible to put down. Best book I've read all year!’

‘Emilia Hart could write anything, ANYTHING, and it would be poetry’

‘If you love historical fiction with a magical twist and stories about women whose strength is far greater than the world allows them to believe, put this one on your radar’

‘One of those books that reminds me why I love reading. It made me think, it made me feel, and it left me wanting to know more’

‘A brilliant and gripping masterpiece that delivered an electric shock to my soul with every word’

About the author

Emilia Hart is a British-Australian writer. She was born in Sydney and studied English literature and law before working as a lawyer in Sydney and London. Her first novel, Weyward, was an instant New York Times bestseller, the winner of two Goodreads Choice Awards, and has sold over a million copies worldwide. Her second novel, The Sirens, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller, an instant New York Times bestseller and a Good Morning America book club pick.

Emilia lives in London with her partner, a black cat called Luna and far too many books.