An intense saga of love, hate, obsession, and murder that features an honorable English family--brothers Joseph and Matthew Realey and their sisters, Judith and Hannah.
Perry's kaleidoscopic novel illuminates an entire world, from the hell of the trenches to a London nightclub where a beautiful Irish spy plies her trade, from the sequestered laboratory where a weapon that can end the war is beigh perfected to the matchless glory of the English countryside in spring. A masterpiece that warms the heart even as it chills the blood.
Perry's kaleidoscopic novel illuminates an entire world, from the hell of the trenches to a London nightclub where a beautiful Irish spy plies her trade, from the sequestered laboratory where a weapon that can end the war is beigh perfected to the matchless glory of the English countryside in spring. A masterpiece that warms the heart even as it chills the blood.
Anne Perry mysteries are set in England at different periods of history. This 2005 book is an intriguing and suspenseful story
