Clare Clark's critically acclaimed novels include The Great Stink and Savage Lands, both longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She is a regular contributor to the Guardian and writes for numerous other publications, both in the UK and the USA. She lives and works in London.
A lavishly detailed historical novel that doesn't just recreate the past but alters your perception of it New York Times With splendid breadth and depth, We That Are Left accommodates an era's worth of historical reverberations within the confines of its highly polished rooms Washington Post Clare Clark is one of those writers who can see into the past and help us feel its texture -- Hilary Mantel Elegiac and elegantly written -- Patricia Nicol Sunday Times A wonderful, engrossing book -- Violet Henderson Vogue