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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Lily

Rose Tremain (author)

Paperback Published on: 07/07/2022

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It starts with a Murder...

This was an immersive historical novel. Tremain is a skilled author who always evokes a setting or characters with a few skilful brushstrokes. It starts w... READ MORE

Tracey McHardy

Secrets in Victorian London

As artfully as ever, Rose Tremain erects the lost world of Victorian London with mesmerising ease, as we follow one young woman as she grapples with the we... READ MORE

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Synopsis

Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer...

Abandoned at the gates of a London park one winter's night in 1850, baby Lily Mortimer is saved by a young police constable and taken to the London Foundling Hospital.

Lily is fostered by an affectionate farming family in rural Suffolk, enjoying a brief childhood idyll before she is returned to the Hospital, where she is punished for her rebellious spirit. Released into the harsh world of Victorian London, Lily becomes a favoured employee at Belle Prettywood's Wig Emporium, but all the while she is hiding a dreadful secret...

Across the years, policeman Sam Trench keeps watch over the young woman he once saved. When Sam meets Lily again, there is an instant attraction between them and Lily is convinced that Sam holds the key to her happiness - but might he also be the one to uncover her crime and so condemn her to death?

Publisher information

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781529115178
Number of pages: 288
Dimensions: 194 x 128 x 22 mm
Weight: 200g
Languages: English

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A great book that will keep you guessing

This is a fabulous book that is so well written you can almost feel the smog of London. It is totally different as it will keep you guessing for a very lon... READ MORE

Tony

A glimpse into the horrors of Victorian life

Lily follows the life of an orphan who was found abandonned on the streets of London during the 19th century. She was taken to a foundling hospital by the ... READ MORE

Poppy Flaxman

Victorian life

Lily knows that she will be hanged for a murder she has committed and this is her story. She was an abandoned baby found by a policeman who takes her to th... READ MORE

Carolyn Huckfield

'Beautiful Story'

Beautiful read. Set in the 1850's. A baby girl is found by a policeman, Constable Sam Trench, after being abandoned in a sack and bitten by wolves. The bab... READ MORE

'Bookworm' Review

Historical Fiction With A Dreadful Secret

4.5stars rounded up to 5 Abandoned at the gates of a London park one winters night in 1850, baby Lily Mortimer is saved by a young police constable and ta... READ MORE

Louise Wilson

Brilliant and engrossing. A must for fictional history lovers!

Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer... It was a cold winter night in 1850 when Baby Lily Mortimer’s life was saved when she was found in London’s V... READ MORE

Emma Mortimer

Well written, but I didn't like it

I'm really at a loss how to rate this book. On the one hand I can recognise that it is very well written. On the other hand, it is a book of unrelenting mi... READ MORE

kendrafortune

This reviewer received a free of charge product for review.

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