Rosie Thomas

The Kashmir Shawl

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Produktbeschreibung

Bestselling novelist Thomas has earned an untold number of awards and glowing critical praise. World War II, 1941. Newlywed Nerys Watkins leaves rural Wales for the first time in her life to accompany her husband on a missionary trip to India. When her husband leaves her in an exotic lakeside city to take on a more dangerous mission, Nerys discovers a new world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Overlook
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 136mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 375g
• ISBN-13: 9781468308020
• ISBN-10: 1468308025
• Artikelnr.: 38024517

Autorenporträt

Rosie Thomas is the author of numerous critically acclaimed, bestselling novels, including Daughter of the House (2015), The Illusionists (2014), and Iris and Ruby (2006). She has twice won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award. Born in a small village in northern Wales, Thomas discovered a love of traveling and mountaineering when her children were grown. In the years since, she has climbed in the Alps and the Himalayas, competed in the Peking to Paris car rally, and trekked in the footsteps of Shackleton on South Georgia Island.

Rezensionen

'A spellbinding tale. Beautifully written, honest and compassionate'
Daily Express

'An epic tale...A complicated entanglement of family secrets, love during wartime and dangerous liaisons. For fans of Maggie O'Farrell'
Red

'A superbly written novel, marvellously descriptive and especially evocative of the war years . . . a gorgeous treat' Choice

'Thomas' portrayal of a young wife struggling to cope with life in wartime Kashmir, her husband's indifference to her and her attraction to a charismatic mountaineer is beautifully written, touching and believable' The Daily Express

'A superbly researched and vivid evocation of wartime Kashmir and Ladakh' Daily Mail