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Habits of the House, The Silver Thread, The Conductor
出版Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013-03-11
主題Fiction / Historical / General
ISBN17818554479781781855447
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=m6-fEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Here are three great historical novels in one volume.

HABITS OF THE HOUSE: Fay Weldon takes us inside an aristocratic household -- upstairs and downstairs -- in the last three months of the nineteenth century. Tea gowns are still laced with diamonds; there are still nine courses at dinner, but bankruptcy, war and social unrest loom.

THE SILVER THREAD: London, 1840. A young woman boards a prison ship bound for the other side of the world. Weaving death, love and adventure, The Silver Thread is plotted like a murder mystery, but narrated with the skill and style of a literary storyteller.

THE CONDUCTOR: Winter, 1941. The story of how Shostakovich and one valiant, bedraggled orchestra created a defining moment in the siege of Leningrad – the bloodiest seige in history – is a gripping testament to the life-affirming power of music.