The Lost Lights of St Kilda: *SHORTLISTED FOR THE RNA HISTORICAL ROMANCE AWARD 2021*

Author:   Elisabeth Gifford
Publisher:   Atlantic Books
Edition:   Main
ISBN:  

9781786499059


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 October 2020
Format:   Paperback
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The Lost Lights of St Kilda: *SHORTLISTED FOR THE RNA HISTORICAL ROMANCE AWARD 2021*


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'Desperately romantic, lyrically written and with a fascinating plot' - Katie Fforde Chrissie Gillies comes from the last ever community to live on the beautiful, isolated Scottish island of St Kilda. Evacuated in 1930, she will never forget her life there, nor the man she loved and lost who visited one fateful summer a few years before. Fred Lawson has been captured, beaten and imprisoned in Nazi-controlled France. Making a desperate escape across occupied territory, one thought sustains him: find Chrissie, the woman he should never have left behind on that desolate, glorious isle. The Lost Lights of St Kilda is a sweeping love story that crosses oceans and decades, and a testament to the extraordinary power of hope in the darkest of times. 'A gorgeous, melancholy love story.' - The Times 'An undeniably haunting love story.' - Sunday Times

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Author:   Elisabeth Gifford
Publisher:   Atlantic Books
Imprint:   Corvus
Edition:   Main
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.262kg
ISBN:  

9781786499059


ISBN 10:   1786499053
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 October 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Days after finishing this deeply moving story, written with such a simple yet lyrical prose, I still feel haunted by it. * New Books Magazine * A moving story simply and beautifully told. * Tim Pears, author of The Redeemed * A glorious novel. You won't be able to put it down for a minute. * Suellen Dainty, author of The Housekeeper * A beautifully written and heart-rending story of love, loss and redemption. * Sophia Tobin, author of The Silversmith's Wife * A compelling love story set against the dramatic backdrops of a remote Scottish island and war-torn France. As beautiful and haunting as St Kilda itself, this is a book that will stay with me for a long time. * Gill Thompson, author of The Oceans Between Us * Such an atmospheric read and very moving. Two pieces of forgotten history woven immaculately. * Lorna Cook, author of The Forgotten Village * This is not only a love story between two people, but also between an island and its inhabitants. Richly detailed and evocative, the novel shines a light on the fascinating history of St Kilda, and the last community to call it home. * Kat Gordon, author of An Unsuitable Woman * The wild beauty and intense isolation of the Scottish island of St Kilda is vividly realised... As gorgeously written as it's quietly devastating. * Kate Riordan, author of The Girl in the Photograph * The characters are exquisitely drawn, and the slowly emerging love story rings entirely true. This is one of the best novels I've read in a long while, a real jewel. * Gill Paul, author of The Secret Wife * I loved this book. Beautifully written and descriptive... The twisted threads weave an engaging plot which takes us on a trail of human courage and measures the cost of betrayal. Set in the last poignant years of life on remote St Kilda and in war-torn Europe, it paints both worlds with a vividness that is wholly convincing. * Sarah Maine, author of The House Between Tides * Desperately romantic, lyrically written and with a fascinating plot. * Katie Fforde, author of A Rose Petal Summer * An undeniably haunting love story. * Sunday Times * A gorgeous, melancholy love story * The Times *


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Elisabeth Gifford grew up in a vicarage in the industrial Midlands. She studied French literature and world religions at Leeds University. She has a Diploma in Creative Writing from Oxford OUDCE and an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway College. She is married with three children, and lives in Kingston upon Thames.

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