Shrines of Gaiety - Large Print Author:Kate Atkinson In the wake of the Great War, London is a restless city bursting with money, glamour, and corruption, in this tale of seduction and betrayal... 1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulder... more »s with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time.
The notorious queen of this glittering world is Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children, including the enigmatic eldest, Niven, whose character has been forged in the crucible of the Somme.
But success breeds enemies, and Nellie’s empire faces threats from without and within.
For beneath the dazzle of Soho’s gaiety, there is a dark underbelly, a world in which it is all too easy to become lost. « less