At the outset of World War II, Jack Rosenblum and his family escape Berlin for London. Jack embraces the welcome pamphlet instructing immigrants how to act like "the English." He acquires Saville Row suits and a Jaguar. He never speaks German, apart from the occasional curse. But one key item--membe[...]
List item 2: Never speak German on the upper decks of London buses. Jack Rosenblum is five foot three and a half inches of sheer tenacity. He's writing a list so he can become a Very English Gentleman. List item 41: An Englishman buys his marmalade from Fortnum and Mason. It's 1952, and despite his [...]
A sweeping story of upstairs, downstairs, love and loss by the author of Mr Rosenblum's List.
In the spring of 1938 Elise Landau arrives at Tyneford, the great house on the bay. A bright young thing from Vienna forced to become a parlour-maid, she knows nothing about England, except that she won't like it. As servants polish silver and serve drinks on the lawn, Elise wears her mother's pearl[...]
For fans of "Downton Abbey, "a "New York Times "bestseller, the start of an affair, the end of an era
Fans of Kate Morton's "The ""Forgotten Garden "and Sarah Jio's "The Violets of March "will love this "New York Times "bestselling sweeping historical novel of love and loss. It's the spring of [...]
A sweeping story of upstairs, downstairs, love and loss by the author of Mr Rosenblum's List.
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By the author of the international bestseller MR ROSENBLUM'S LIST, the captivating story of the life and loves of a woman who breaks free of her strict Jewish upbringing and joins the world of art and artists in sixties London.[...]
When Juliet Montague's husband disappears, so does she. As far as the conservative Jewish community in which she lives is concerned, she is invisible. She does her best to conform to their rules, but then on her thirtieth birthday she does something unexpected. Instead of the fridge she has scrimped[...]
Fox, as the celebrated composer Harry Fox-Talbot is known, wants to be left in peace. His beloved wife has died, he's unable to write a note of music, and no, he does not want to take up some blasted hobby. Then one day he discovers that his troublesome four-year-old grandson is a piano prodigy. The[...]
Jødiske Elise Landau er 19 år når hun i 1938 må forlate familien sin og overklasselivet i Wien for å bli stuepike på godset Tyneford i Dorset i England.Hun bærer morens perler under uniformen og skjuler farens manuskript i en fiolin. Elise møter kjærligheten på Tyneford, og fremtiden ser l[...]
Elise Landau er 19 år når hun våren 1938 må forlate familien sin og overklasselivet i Wien for å bli stuepike på godset Tyneford i Dorset i England. Det er ikke lenger trygt for jøder å oppholde seg i Wien.Hun bærer morens perler under uniformen mens hun pusser sølvtøy og serverer drinker[...]