EAN: 9781447218425

LUCINDA RILEY - GEBRAUCHT THE LIGHT BEHIND THE ...

From the author of the international bestseller  Hothouse Flower  Lucinda Riley's The Light
Behind the Window is a breathtaking and intense story of love  war and  above all  forgiveness.
The present: Emilie de la Martiniéres has always fought against her aristocratic background 
but after the death of her glamorous  distant mother  she finds herself alone in the world and
sole inheritor of her grand childhood home in the south of France. An old notebook of poems
leads her in search of the mysterious and beautiful Sophia  whose tragic love affair changed
the course of her family history. As Emilie unravels the story  she too embarks on her own
journey of discovery  realizing that the château may provide clues to her own difficult past
and finally unlock the future. The past: London 1943. A young office clerk  Constance
Carruthers  is drafted into the SOE  arriving in occupied Paris during the climax of the
conflict. Separated from her contact in her very first hours in France  she stumbles into the
heart of a wealthy family who are caught up in a deadly game of secrets and lies. Forced to
surrender her identity and all ties to her homeland and her beloved husband  Constance finds
herself drawn into a complex web of deception  the repercussions of which will affect
generations to come.   ** Note to readers: In the US  this book is published under the title
The Lavender Garden. **

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