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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction
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- Paperback Oct 11, 2016 | 9781409139973 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Oct 11, 2016 | 9781409139973 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Nov 19, 2015 | 9781409160366 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 19, 2015 | 9781409139898 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Orion
- Paperback Oct 11, 2016 | 9781409139973 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Nov 19, 2015 | 9781409160366 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 19, 2015 | 9781409139898 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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For fans of Downton Abbey and Atonement - a compelling historical saga from TV historian and bestselling author of THE STORMS OF WAR, Kate Williams.
In the aftermath of the Great War, the de Witt family are struggling to piece together the shattered fragments of their lives.
Rudolf and his wife Verena, still reeling from the loss of their second son, don't know how to function in the post-war world. Stoneythorpe Hall has become an empty shell with no servants to ensure its upkeep.
Celia, the de Witt's youngest daughter, is still desperate to spread her wings and see more of the world. To escape Stoneythorpe and the painful secrets that lie there, she moves to London and embraces life and love in the Roaring Twenties.
Praise for The Edge of the Fall
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A beautifully conjured family saga. Fans of DOWNTON ABBEY will love it
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Brilliant - a passionate and poignant story of a glittering family on the precipice of a vanished world. Spellbinding, gripping and beautiful - a must read . . . the new CAZALET CHRONICLES
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This terrific saga comes with a fascinating twist ... Williams has a gift for showing how great movements in history affect the lives of people caught up in them - THE TIMES
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Williams keeps her story moving and the result is a vivid portrait of a perennially fascinating period of history - THE OBSERVER
Kate Williams
Kate Williams is an author, social historian and broadcaster. The Storms of War, her first novel in the De Witt trilogy, was widely acclaimed, reviewed as 'spellbinding, gripping and beautiful'. She has always wanted to travel in time and wrote her first novel when she was seven (The Adventures of Maria) - it was rather short.
Kate loves delving into archives, collections, diaries and letters. She has a DPhil from Oxford and is the author of the novel The Pleasures of Men and four historical biographies of Emma Hamilton, Queen Victoria, Elizabeth II and Empress Josephine - which is being made into a major TV series.
She is Professor of Public History at the University of Reading.
Kate is CNN's historian and royal expert, covers royal and national events on the BBC and other channels and regularly appears on other TV programmes, including BBC Breakfast, Restoration Home and The Great British Bake Off, discussing social and royal history, general politics and culture. She also loves quiz shows and is a regular on The Quizeum.
She is the resident historian on Frank Skinner's BBC Radio 4 panel show The Rest is History, and writes features, reviews and comment pieces for various newspapers and magazines, including the Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent and Observer.
Kate lives in London.
Find out more at www.kate-williams.com and follow her on Twitter @KateWilliamsme
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