{"product_id":"the-secret-rooms-9780141035673","title":"The Secret Rooms","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Bailey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two bestselling works of twentieth-century history: \u003ci\u003eBlack Diamonds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Rooms\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGripping. Reads like the best kind of mystery story. It is a tale of mistresses and heirlooms, cowardice and connivance * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e'Astonishing, jaw-dropping, superb. Horrifying, extraordinary * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eExtraordinary, edge-of-the-seat, enthralling. All the ingredients of a lurid horror. The plot is thick with destroyed documents, decadent aristocracy, betrayed honour and curses * Metro *\u003cbr\u003eCompelling. A remarkable piece of research which throws a bright shaft of light on powerful people, hypocrisy and the first world war -- Jeremy Paxman * Guardian, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eWonderful . . . has everything: family intrigue and hatred, love and war, witches' curses, eccentricity, snobbery and a series of shocking secrets. No reader can finish it unmoved * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003eTeems with hypocrisy, deceit, parental manipulation and bullying. Bailey artfully shows how guilt, grief, pride and shame levied a heavy toll * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary detective operation -- John Julius Norwich\u003cbr\u003eExcellent, beautifully crafted, fascinating * Red *\u003cbr\u003eExcellent. A fine, suspenseful, atmospheric tale, a less melodramatic and more nuanced Downton Abbey * Daily Express *\u003cbr\u003eBailey's fascinating book takes us to the heart of a family tragedy ... this is a horrifying story of love, despair, intrigue, snobbery and upper class eccentricity which reads like fiction but is amazingly - and shockingly - real * Lancashire Evening Post *\u003cbr\u003eThe mysterious death of a Duke and a castle full of treacherous goings-on make \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Rooms\u003c\/i\u003e a gripping read for fans of Downton Abbey. As thrilling as any fiction,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eCatherine Bailey uncovers the darkest depths of a family with plenty of skeletons in its closet * Good Housekeeping *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732402418007,"sku":"9780141035673","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141035673.jpg?v=1719996725","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-secret-rooms-9780141035673","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}