{"product_id":"the-scarlet-nightingale-9781473658349","title":"The Scarlet Nightingale","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''It''s just brilliant - full of poetry'' - \u003c\/b\u003eJilly Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in wartime London and occupied France, this is a thrilling story of love, danger and sacrifice from bestselling novelist Alan Titchmarsh.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the late 1930s when seventeen-year-old Rosamund Hanbury leaves behind the endless summers of her coastal Devonshire home for the fast pace of high society London. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder the expert guidance of her formidable aunt, the country mouse learns how to act like a lady, hosting dinner parties and rubbing shoulders with Britain''s most influential. And when the enigmatic Harry Napier sweeps her off her feet at London''s famous Café de Paris she could almost forget that Britain has declared war. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the Phoney War ends. Harry is posted, London reels from the first bombings of the Blitz and Rosamund suffers a devastating personal loss that leaves her all the more determined to do her bit for the war effort. \u003cbr\u003eJoining the Special Forces she is sent \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eTHE SCARLET NIGHTINGALE\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's just brilliant - full of poetry * Jilly Cooper *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR ALAN TITCHMARSH:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA perfect love story * Katie Fforde on THE HAUNTING *\u003cbr\u003eA pleasurable read which fans will lap up * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eThe story brims with intrigue * Daily Express on THE HAUNTING *\u003cbr\u003eArt, antiques and romance are the ingredients: Titchmarsh boils the pot to a fine froth * Saga Magazine on THE FOLLY *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739530834263,"sku":"9781473658349","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473658349.jpg?v=1720052507","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-scarlet-nightingale-9781473658349","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}