Release date - 22nd March 2018
Book length - 560 pages Publisher - Simon & Schuster UK Book Depository - www.bookdepository.com Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk Amazon US - www.amazon.com ABOUT THE BOOK On holiday with friends, young historian Briony Andrews becomes fascinated with a wartime story of a ruined villa in the hills behind Naples. There is a family connection: her grandfather had been a British soldier during the Italian campaign of 1943 in that very area. Handed a bundle of letters that were found after the war, Briony sets off to trace the fate of their sender, Sarah Bailey. In 1939, Sarah returns with her mother and sister from India, in mourning, to take up residence in the Norfolk village of Westbury. There she forms a firm friendship with Paul Hartmann, a young German who has found sanctuary in the local manor house, Westbury Hall. With the outbreak of war, conflicts of loyalty in Westbury deepen. When, 70 years later, Briony begins to uncover Sarah and Paul’s story, she encounters resentments and secrets still tightly guarded. What happened long ago in the villa in the shadow of Vesuvius, she suspects, still has the power to give terrible pain … MY REVIEW LAST LETTER HOME by Rachel Hore is a richly detailed novel with so much heart that it will surely worm its way into your own. When Briony Andrews inadvertently gets drawn into the history of an Italian villa while on holidays with her friends, it will soon consume her time and change her life in very unexpected ways. Moving from the past during WWII where a group of people from a village called Westbury struggle with the changes that are happening around them, to the present where Briony is determined to piece together the history of her own family in order to reveal the truth, this story will pull you into its world and you won't be able to put it down until you discover its secrets. My favourite part of this book were the chapters set during the War and I became attached to Sarah and Paul as I tried (in vain) to predict what would happen to them. The settings are wonderfully descriptive, even the more sombre and harsh scenes have their own type of beauty, and I really became invested in their story. I enjoyed the chapters set presently too but I didn't connect with Briony in the same way and found her own entanglements odd at times. LAST LETTER HOME by Rachel Hore is a tale that will capture your attention and is a perfect fit for historical fiction fans. AUTHOR BIO Rachel Hore worked in London publishing for many years before moving with her family to Norwich, where she teaches publishing and creative writing at the University of East Anglia. She is married to the writer D. J. Taylor and they have three sons. Her previous novels are The Dream House, The Memory Garden, The Glass Painter's Daughter, which was shortlisted for the 2010 Romantic Novel of the Year award, A Place of Secrets, which was picked by Richard and Judy for their book club, A Gathering Storm, which was shortlisted for the RONA Historical Novel of the Year 2012 and the latest bestseller, The Silent Tide. For more information: Website - rachelhore.co.uk Twitter - twitter.com/Rachelhore Facebook - www.facebook.com/RachelHoreAuthor/ Instagram - www.instagram.com/rachel.hore/
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