Ann Bennett

Broschiertes Buch

The Lake Pagoda

Beschreibung

From Ann Bennett, bestselling author of The Orphan House, comes The Lake Pagoda, a captivating story of love and loss set in war-torn Indochina. Perfect for fans of Dinah Jeffries and Victoria Hislop. French Indochina 1945: Arielle, the daughter of a French father and Vietnamese mother, is working for the colonial government. Because of her native blood, she's spared imprisonment when the Japanese storm Hanoi. Forced to work for the enemy, Arielle is contacted by a Viet Minh agent, who threatens to expose her dark secrets from ten years before if she doesn't help his cause. As Arielle is drawn deeper into the rebels' dangerous world, will she ever escape the torment of her past? Or will she find love in the most unexpected of places? A novel of love, loss, and survival against all odds. Praise for Ann Bennett "Brilliant: I loved this book and believed in the characters immediately...Didn't want it to finish and several hours after reading the last line, it's still going round in my head. Great book!" Five Stars Amazon reviewer "I raced through this book in just over twenty-four hours. I literally could not put it down...' Bibilobeth Goodreads "Unputdownable: This was an engrossing read. I love how Ann Bennett crafts a story. Highly recommended." Five Stars. Amazon reviewer. "Fabulous!!!!!! One of the very best books I've read! Really keeps your interests piqued... Absolutely loved, loved, this story!" Five Stars. Goodreads reviewer

Autor

Ann Bennett is a British author of historical fiction. Her first book, Bamboo Heart: A Daughter's Quest, was inspired by researching her father's experience as a prisoner of war on the Thai-Burma Railway and by her own journey to uncover his story. It won the Asian Books Blog prize for fiction published in Asia in 2015, and was shortlisted for the best fiction title in the Singapore Book Awards 2016. That initial inspiration led her to write more books about WWII in Southeast Asia - Bamboo Island: The Planter's Wife, A Daughter's Promise, Bamboo Road: The Homecoming, The Tea Planter's Club, The Amulet, and The Fortune Teller of Kathmandu. Along with The Lotus House, published in October 2024, they make up the Echoes of Empire Collection.Ann is also the author of The Oriental Lake Collection - The Lake Pavilion and The Lake Palace, both set in British India during the 1930s and WWII, and The Lake Pagoda and The Lake Villa, set in French Indochina during the same period. A Rose in the Blitz - the first in the Sisters of War series and set in London during WWII, was published in March 2024.The Lake Pagoda won a bronze medal for historical fiction in Asia in the Coffee Pot Book Club, Book of the Year awards 2022. The Fortune Teller of Kathmandu won a silver medal for dual-timeline historical fiction, and A Rose in the Blitz won bronze in the historical romance category in the Coffee Pot Book Club, Book of the Year awards 2024.The Runaway Sisters, USA Today bestselling The Orphan House, The Child Without a Home and The Forgotten Children are set in Europe during the same era and are published by Bookouture. Her latest book, The Stolen Sisters, published on 29th November 2024 is the follow-up to The Orphan List (published by Bookouture in August this year) and is set in Poland and Germany during WWII. A former lawyer, Ann is married with three grown up sons and a granddaughter and lives in Surrey, UK. For more details, please visit www.annbennettauthor.com

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Andaman Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9781739100926
• ISBN-10: 1739100921
• Artikelnr.: 69213882