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The present: Emilie de la Martinieres has always fought against her aristocratic background, but after the death of her glamorous, distant mother, she finds herself alone in the world and sole inheritor of her grand childhood home in the south of France. An old notebook of poems leads her in search of the mysterious and beautiful Sophia, whose tragic love affair changed the course of her family history. As Emilie unravels the story, she too embarks on her own journey of discovery, realising that the chateau may provide clues to her own difficult past and finally unlock the future. The past: London 1943. A young office clerk, Constance Carruthers, is drafted into the SOE, arriving in occupied Paris during the climax of the conflict. Separated from her contact in her very first hours in France, she stumbles into the heart of a wealthy family who are caught up in a deadly game of secrets and lies. Forced to surrender her identity and all ties to her homeland and her beloved husband, Constance finds herself drawn into a complex web of deception, the repercussions of which will affect generations to come. From the author of the international bestseller, Hothouse Flower, Lucinda Riley's new novel is a breathtaking and intense story of love, war and, above all, forgiveness. Note to readers: In the US, this book is published under the title The Lavender Garden.… (meer)
Ik begin verslaafd te raken aan de boeken van Lucinda Riley. Ook dit is weer een pareltje waar ik erg van heb genoten. Jammer genoeg nog maar een vertaald boek te gaan (en die is ook al bijna uit) ( )
The present: Emilie de la Martinieres has always fought against her aristocratic background, but after the death of her glamorous, distant mother, she finds herself alone in the world and sole inheritor of her grand childhood home in the south of France. An old notebook of poems leads her in search of the mysterious and beautiful Sophia, whose tragic love affair changed the course of her family history. As Emilie unravels the story, she too embarks on her own journey of discovery, realising that the chateau may provide clues to her own difficult past and finally unlock the future. The past: London 1943. A young office clerk, Constance Carruthers, is drafted into the SOE, arriving in occupied Paris during the climax of the conflict. Separated from her contact in her very first hours in France, she stumbles into the heart of a wealthy family who are caught up in a deadly game of secrets and lies. Forced to surrender her identity and all ties to her homeland and her beloved husband, Constance finds herself drawn into a complex web of deception, the repercussions of which will affect generations to come. From the author of the international bestseller, Hothouse Flower, Lucinda Riley's new novel is a breathtaking and intense story of love, war and, above all, forgiveness. Note to readers: In the US, this book is published under the title The Lavender Garden.
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Na de dood van haar moeder erft Emilie de la Martinières het familiekasteel aan de zonnige Côte d'Azur. Maar aan het huis kleven ook hoge schulden en onopgeloste geheimen... Welke rol hebben haar voorouders in de Tweede Wereldoorlog gespeeld? Emilie verdiept zich in haar familieverleden en doet een schokkende ontdekking. Een van haar voorouders, de Britse Constance, werkte tijdens de oorlog als spionne in het bezette Frankrijk. Hoe meer Emilie te weten komt over Constance en haar oorlogsgeheimen, hoe beter ze haar eigen familie in een nieuw daglicht kan plaatsen. Het kasteel speelt een cruciale rol in het oplossen van de familieraadsels en staat centraal in deze intrigerende roman vol spanning, passie en mysteries.