The English Girl by Margaret Leroy
A breath-taking historical novel set in 1930s Vienna, about an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times.
A wonderful, wonderful book! Margaret Leroy does an amazing job of showing us the Nazi takeover of Austria through the eyes of an engaging, bright and brave seventeen-year-old English girlI lost three nights of sleep, unable to put this superbly written book aside and turn out the light * Diane Chamberlain *
Stunning and evocative . . . utterly beguiling * Rosamund Lupton *
Margaret Leroy writes with candour and intelligence, capturing the menace of suddenly finding that the world may not be at all as you've thought it * Helen Dunmore *
Margaret Leroy captures, brilliantly, a spirit of place and time in her recreation of the beauty, deception and coming darkness of pre-war Vienna, and what it means to be young, in love, and very far from home. I loved it. * Elizabeth Speller *
A wonderfully detailed and richly imagined setting in which plays out a story both lyrical and chilling * Rosamund Lupton *
Gripping and heart-warming; you won't want to put it down * Irish Tatler *
Stunning and evocative . . . utterly beguiling * Rosamund Lupton *
Margaret Leroy writes with candour and intelligence, capturing the menace of suddenly finding that the world may not be at all as you've thought it * Helen Dunmore *
Margaret Leroy captures, brilliantly, a spirit of place and time in her recreation of the beauty, deception and coming darkness of pre-war Vienna, and what it means to be young, in love, and very far from home. I loved it. * Elizabeth Speller *
A wonderfully detailed and richly imagined setting in which plays out a story both lyrical and chilling * Rosamund Lupton *
Gripping and heart-warming; you won't want to put it down * Irish Tatler *
Margaret Leroy studied music at Oxford, and has worked as a music therapist and social worker. She has written six previous novels, including her first novel, Trust, televised by Granada; The Perfect Mother was also a NYT Notable Book of the Year, The Drowning Girl was chosen for the Oprah Summer Reading List, and The Soldier's Wife was a GoodReads Historical Fiction finalist. Her books have been published in twelve languages. She is married with two children, and lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780751551778 |
| ISBN 10 | 0751551775 |
| Title | The English Girl |
| Author | Margaret Leroy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2014-08-28 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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