The Light Behind The Window-------pan macmillan
Unlocking the past is the key to the future
The present: Emilie
de la Martiniéres has always fought against her aristocratic
background, but after the death of her glamorous, distant mother, she
finds herself alone in the world and sole inheritor of her grand
childhood home in the south of France. An old notebook of poems leads
her in search of the mysterious and beautiful Sophia, whose tragic love
affair changed the course of her family history. As Emilie unravels the
story, she too embarks on her own journey of discovery, realising that
the château may provide clues to her own difficult past and finally
unlock the future.
The past: London 1943. A young office clerk,
Constance Carruthers, is drafted into the SOE, arriving in occupied
Paris during the climax of the conflict. Separated from her contact in
her very first hours in France, she stumbles into the heart of a wealthy
family who are caught up in a deadly game of secrets and lies. Forced
to surrender her identity and all ties to her homeland and her beloved
husband, Constance finds herself drawn into a complex web of deception,
the repercussions of which will affect generations to come.
From the
author of the international bestseller, Hothouse Flower, Lucinda Riley’s
new novel is a breathtaking and intense story of love, war and, above
all, forgiveness.