Letters from the Lighthouse : `THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION' Guardian by Emma Carroll 9780571327584

Letters from the Lighthouse : `THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION' Guardian

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It was a night we had no business being at the cinema. In fact, we shouldn't have been outside at all—not during a blackout, and certainly not when German bombs had been raining down on London all month, as if someone were emptying a jar of coins.

The tale unfolds in February 1941. After enduring months of relentless bombing in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her younger brother Cliff find themselves evacuated to the Devon coastline. The only local with room to spare is Mr Ephraim, the solitary lighthouse keeper. Unaccustomed to company and reluctant to house evacuees, he's a less-than-enthusiastic host. Eager to prove her worth, Olive takes on the role of his messenger, delivering what she imagines to be clandestine communications to the villagers.

However, Olive harbours a secret of her own. Her elder sister Sukie vanished during an air raid, and Olive is determined to uncover her fate. The plot thickens when she stumbles upon a peculiar coded message that seems to connect Sukie to Devon and something far more sinister and perilous than she could have imagined.

Product Information:

Book ISBN: 9780571327584
Book Author: Emma Carroll
Book Format: Paperback / softback
Book Imprint: Faber & Faber
Book Publisher: Faber & Faber
Book Dimensions: 199 x 129 x 21 cm
Book Publication Date: 2017-06-01
Book Pagination: 288 pages
Book Weight: 256g

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Sherlock & Pages is a little bookshop with a big heart. We are based in Frome, Somerset, England and curate lists of books in the areas we are passionate about – landscape, nature, history, and heritage. In short, the conservation of all we’ve inherited and all we are responsible to pass on. We aim to inspire and be inspired, to form a literary culture of care and passion about this precious planet we call home.

This is a shop where you might find something you haven’t seen before, and we like to think we’ve got something for everyone. We choose each of our books with care and for a reason. This is because our physical store is small but beautifully formed, holding only around 1200 titles at any one time. We try and recreate the feel of the shop wherever we are online, to reflect our niche categories and personality.

We have an active social media presence and aim to share our story with all our friends. The long-term goal is to build a hub for the books and writers we believe in. Who knows where our adventure will lead but by supporting Sherlock & Pages you’re helping us to add a further layer of magic to our little corner of the world. If you haven’t visited our physical store, one day you might just make a literary pilgrimage down to Somerset.

Our tagline is ‘Long Live the Hedgerows’ and our symbol a hibernating dormouse. If you want to support an independent with a unique character and which will share stories with you for years to come, then choose Sherlock & Pages. The world needs bookshops with soul, for they are ‘citadels of light.’

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