**The international bestseller** An unforgettable historical debut set in Second World War
Brussels: exploring love resistance and courage in all their forms 'I adored it . It finds
courage and love amidst the ruins and I read with my heart in my mouth' Rachel Joyce
'Intimate and ambitious lyrical and moving ' Observer 'A beautiful and deeply engaging
novel' Ann Patchett 'A richly textured finely written deeply thoughtful novel' William Boyd
___________________________________ Charlotte Sauvin has always seen the world differently.
At home on 33 Place Brugmann in the heart of Brussels her father and her closest friends and
neighbours - the Raphaëls from the fourth floor and Masha from the fifth - have ensured her
secret is safe. But when the Nazis invade Belgium and Masha and the Raphaëls disappear
Charlotte must navigate her new world alone. Over the border and across the sea in occupied
Paris and battered Blitz London Masha and the Raphaels are reinventing themselves - as
refugees nurses soldiers heroes. Though scattered far and wide they dream of only one place
one home: 33 Place Brugmann. But back at Place Brugmann Charlotte feels impending danger
closing in. Who can she trust in this world - where everyone is watching and everyone is
harbouring their own secrets? As the months pass and the shadow of war darkens Charlotte and
her neighbours must face what - and who - truly matters to them most - and summon the courage
to fight for more than just survival. With soaring imagination and profound intimacy 33
Place Brugmann is a captivating and devastating celebration of the power of love courage and
art in times of great threat.
