PRESS & COMMENTARY

CULTUREFLY:  On researching women’s lives in Italy in WWII click here to link to article

HISTORIA MAGAZINE: On the fictional disease which saved real lives click here to link to article

THE BOOK TRAIL: On the locations in the novel click here to read

HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY: Review click here to read

‘A beautifully written, sweeping epic. I was captivated’ Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

‘An elegant, sweeping tale shrouded in a compelling mystery’ AJ West, The Betrayal of Thomas True

‘This luminous and sensual novel paints a vivid picture of wartime Italy and contemporary London, shining with the light and shade, the love and loss of life and the timeless beauty of art’
Kate Lord Brown, The Golden Hour

‘A richly detailed and finely written story of art and passion, concealment and appearances, set against a vividly imagined occupied Rome’ Clare Fuller, Bitter Orange