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From the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller comes a gripping story of family secrets, all-consuming love and the chaos of war.2011. When Lucy’s troubled father Tom passes away, she travels to Cornwall to visit his childhood home – the once-beautiful Carlyon Manor. Before he died, Tom had been researching an uncle she never knew he had. Determined to find out why, Lucy tracks down Beatrice Ashton, a local woman who seems to know more than she lets on, and has an extraordinary story to tell . . . 1935. Growing up in Cornwall, Beatrice plays with the children of Carlyon Manor – especially pretty, blonde Angelina Wincanton. Then, one summer at the age of fifteen, she falls in love with a young visitor to the town: Rafe, whom she rescues from a storm-tossed sea. On the surface, her life seems idyllic. But the dark clouds of war are gathering, and nobody, not even the Wincantons, will be left untouched.A Gathering Storm is a powerful tale of courage and betrayal, spanning from Cornwall to London and Occupied France, in which friendship and love are tested, and the consequences span generations.Praise for Rachel Hore's novels: 'Compelling, engrossing and moving' SANTA MONTEFIORE 'Simply stunning . . . I savoured every moment’ DINAH JEFFERIES 'A story that stirs the deepest emotions' WOMAN & HOME ‘An emotive and thought-provoking read’ ROSANNA LEY ‘Hore tackles difficult subjects with a clever, light touch and a sunny positivity. Her women are brave and good and you desperately want them to win’  DAILY MAIL ‘An elegiac tale of wartime love and secrets’ TELEGRAPH ‘A tender and thoughtful tale' SUNDAY MIRRORRead More

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    Photographer Lucy Cardwell has recently lost her troubled father Tom. While sifting through his papers she finds he'd been researching an uncle she never knew he'd had. Intrigued she visits her father's childhood home the once beautiful Carlyon Manor. She meets an old woman named Beatrice who has an extraordinary story to tell ...Growing up in the 1930s Beatrice plays with the children of Carlyon Manor - especially pretty blonde Angelina Wincanton Lucy's grandmother. Then one summer at the age of fifteen she falls in love with a young visitor to the town: Rafe Ashton whom she rescues from a storm-tossed sea. But the dark clouds of war are gathering and Beatrice Rafe and the Wincantons will all be swept up in the cataclysm of events that follow. Beatrice's story is a powerful tale of courage and betrayal spanning from Cornwall to London and Occupied France in which friendship and love are tested and the ramifications reach down the generations. And as Lucy listens to the tales of the past she learns a secret that will change everything she has ever known...

  • Blackwell

    From the bestselling author of A PLACE OF SECRETS comes a breathtaking story of past tragedies, secrets in the present, and hope for the future Photographer Lucy Cardwell has recently lost her troubled father, Tom. While sifting through his...

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    A Gathering Storm : Paperback : Simon & Schuster Ltd : 9781849832885 : 1849832889 : 19 Sep 2011 : From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a breathtaking story of past tragedies,secrets in the present and hope for the future.

  • 1849832889
  • 9781849832885
  • Rachel Hore
  • 15 September 2011
  • Simon & Schuster Ltd
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 480
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