Lily

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Rose Tremain (author)

Paperback Published on: 07/07/2022

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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: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781529115178
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 202g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mm

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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

'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

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