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The Hour of Separation
- Author
- Katharine McMahon
- Narrator
- Catherine Harvey
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 14 June 2018
- Run Time
- 14 hours 4 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
A long-buried secret, a heart-breaking betrayal...
Estelle never really knew her mother, Fleur, but is haunted by her legacy. A legendary resistance heroine in the Great War, she had helped Allied soldiers escape from Belgium - and was not alone in paying a terrible price.
Christa's father was one of those Fleur saved - but he returned home a ruined man. So, when Estelle arrives on Christa's doorstep hungry for information about her mother, an intense and complex friendship is ignited.
In 1939, as conflict grips Europe once more, Estelle follows her mother's destiny. Then Christa discovers that Fleur was betrayed by someone close to her and the truth may destroy them all...
'A beautiful, romantic and touching book. The prose is elegant and evocative and, McMahon's research is scholarly and meticulous' Jonathan Lynn, film director
'Katharine McMahon is a historical novelist who can turn her hand to any period and bring it thrillingly alive. [The Hour of Separation is] very possibly her best and most powerful book so far' Readers Digest
'Tender and painterly...rather beautiful' Irish Times
Read by Catherine Harvey
(p) 2018 Orion Publishing Group
Critics Review
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Intense and emotional, The Hour of Separation takes us deep into the shadows cast by violence and conflict. Terrific
Elizabeth Buchan
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An epic yet heartbreakingly intimate novel of conflict and betrayal, and of the pain of lost love
Kate Mosse
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It's a beautifully unfolded story about two women in World War Two who are united by a secret that dates back to the previous war. It kept me guessing to the end
Wendy Moore
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Details
- Author
- Katharine McMahon
- Narrator
- Catherine Harvey
- Duration
- 14 hours 4 minutes
- Release Date
- 14 June 2018
- ISBN
- 9781409161592
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Historical romance, Family saga / generational saga fiction, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction
Synopsis
'An epic yet heartbreakingly intimate novel of conflict and betrayal, and of the pain of lost love' Kate MosseA long-buried secret, a heart-breaking betrayal...Estelle never really knew her mother, Fleur, but is haunted by her legacy. A legendary resistance heroine in the Great War, she had helped Allied soldiers escape from Belgium - and was not alone in paying a terrible price.Christa's father was one of those Fleur saved - but he returned home a ruined man. So, when Estelle arrives on Christa's doorstep hungry for information about her mother, an intense and complex friendship is ignited.In 1939, as conflict grips Europe once more, Estelle follows her mother's destiny. Then Christa discovers that Fleur was betrayed by someone close to her and the truth may destroy them all...'A beautiful, romantic and touching book. The prose is elegant and evocative and, McMahon's research is scholarly and meticulous' Jonathan Lynn, film director'Katharine McMahon is a historical novelist who can turn her hand to any period and bring it thrillingly alive. [The Hour of Separation is] very possibly her best and most powerful book so far' Readers Digest'Tender and painterly...rather beautiful' Irish TimesRead by Catherine Harvey(p) 2018 Orion Publishing Group
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