The Metal Heart
The beautiful and atmospheric story of freedom and love that will grip your heart
(Sprache: Englisch)
Wild, beautiful and spellbinding, this is the compelling wartime story of freedom and love on the windswept islands of Orkney
'Powerful . . . Lea writes beautifully of island life and love, and the sacrifices that both demand' THE...
'Powerful . . . Lea writes beautifully of island life and love, and the sacrifices that both demand' THE...
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Wild, beautiful and spellbinding, this is the compelling wartime story of freedom and love on the windswept islands of Orkney'Powerful . . . Lea writes beautifully of island life and love, and the sacrifices that both demand' THE TIMES
'Deeply evocative of Orkney and its wild beauty. A stunning tale of sisters, salvation and sacrifice' Emma Stonex
The sky is clear, star-stamped and silvered by the waxing gibbous moon.
No planes have flown over the islands tonight; no bombs have fallen for over a year.
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Orkney, 1940.
Five hundred Italian prisoners-of-war arrive to fortify these remote and windswept islands.
Resentful islanders are fearful of the enemy in their midst, but not orphaned twin sisters Dorothy and Constance. Already outcasts, they volunteer to nurse all prisoners who are injured or fall sick.
Soon Dorothy befriends Cesare, an artist swept up by the machine of war and almost broken by the horrors he has witnessed. She is entranced by his plan to build an Italian chapel from war scrap and sea debris, and something beautiful begins to blossom.
But Con, scarred from a betrayal in her past, is afraid for her sister; she knows that people are not always what they seem.
Soon, trust frays between the islanders and outsiders, and between the sisters - their hearts torn by rival claims of duty and desire.
A storm is coming . . .
In the tradition of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, The Metal Heart is a hauntingly rich Second World War love story about courage, freedom and the essence of what makes us human during the darkest of times.
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'Confirms Lea as a highly original and inventive writer' Sunday Times
'A tense, passionate and deeply atmospheric novel . . . Caroline's beautiful transported me entirely to another time and land' Susan Fletcher
'A beautiful, heart-breaking tale of grief, love and the bond between sisters' Louise
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'Myth, legend, fear and superstition all play a part in this intensely atmospheric novel' Choice Magazine
'Atmospheric, heart-wrenching, evocative' Gytha Lodge
Praise for Caroline Lea:
'Enthralling' Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars and The Foundling
'Fantastic' The Times
'Memorable and compelling' Sarah Moss, author of The Times Book of the Year Ghost Wall
'Intensely written and atmospheric' Daily Mail
'Gripped me in a cold fist. Beautiful' Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton
'Brilliant' Daily Express
'Myth, legend, fear and superstition all play a part in this intensely atmospheric novel' Choice Magazine
'Atmospheric, heart-wrenching, evocative' Gytha Lodge
Praise for Caroline Lea:
'Enthralling' Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars and The Foundling
'Fantastic' The Times
'Memorable and compelling' Sarah Moss, author of The Times Book of the Year Ghost Wall
'Intensely written and atmospheric' Daily Mail
'Gripped me in a cold fist. Beautiful' Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton
'Brilliant' Daily Express
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Autoren-Porträt von Caroline Lea
Caroline Lea grew up on the island of Jersey and gained a First from Warwick University. Her fiction and poetry have been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize. Her debut novel, The Glass Woman, a gothic thriller set during the Icelandic witch trials, was shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award. Her next novel, The Metal Heart, was a powerful Second World War love story set on the island of Orkney.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Caroline Lea
- 2021, 400 Seiten, Maße: 14,2 x 22,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Books UK
- ISBN-10: 0241423309
- ISBN-13: 9780241423301
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.04.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
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A tense, passionate and deeply atmospheric novel about a community in wartime - and two defiant hearts. Orkney was so perfectly realised, too, that I almost felt windblown. I loved it all the more so for having read it during lockdown: Caroline's beautiful transported me entirely to another time and land Susan Fletcher
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