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Park Lane

Park Lane

Frances Osborne

9781844084784

Virago


Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

Paperback

336 pages

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ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Grace has moved to London in early 1914 to find a secretarial job to help support her family in grimy Carlisle, but the only job she can find is exactly the one her mother didn't bring her up to do - domestic service, at 35 Park Lane. It is an elegant home full of beautiful and costly things, including the daughter of the house, Beatrice, who has been jilted and is both angry and despairing. In her desire to break out of the restraints her family impose upon her, Beatrice secretly joins the suffragette movement, becoming embroiled in the increasingly violent demonstrations. Grace and Beatrice may be from opposite ends of the social spectrum, but they have a lot more in common than they know - including a man... A good solid read with interesting characters and settings and the first novel by the author of the bestselling The Bolter. Lindy

By:   Frances Osborne
Imprint:   Virago
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   Export ed
Dimensions:   Height: 25mm,  Width: 236mm,  Spine: 156mm
Weight:   448g
ISBN:  

9781844084784


ISBN 10:   1844084787
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   July 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock at Abbey's Bookshop
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Born in London in 1969, Frances Osborne worked as a barrister, investment research analyst and journalist before writing her first book, Lilla's Feast. She is married to George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer


Praise for The Bolter 'A tragic and deeply moving tale ... far more gripping than any novel I have read for years' -- Antony Beevor Praise for The Bolter 'Frances Osborne has brilliantly captured not only one woman's life but an entire lost society' -- Amanda Foreman Praise for The Bolter 'An enthralling account of a dazzling, troubled life' -- Julian Fellowes


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