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Informationen zum Autor Louisa Young was born in London and read history at Cambridge. She co-wrote the Lionboy series with her daughter, and is the author of eight further books including the bestselling My Dear I Wanted to Tell You, which was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award, and was a Richard and Judy Book Club choice, and its acclaimed sequels The Heroes’ Welcome and Devotion. Her work is published in 36 languages. She lives in London. Klappentext The third book in the series set in the difficult years between the two World Wars, this is a novel of love, family, race and politics in the 1930s. 'Young expertly weaves politics, race and loyalty into the family's narrative' "Observer" Zusammenfassung From the bestselling author of My Dear! I Wanted to Tell You and The Heroes' Welcome! Louisa Young's Devotion is a novel of family! love! race and politics set during the electric change of the 1930s.
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Praise for DEVOTION:
'Young has conjured up another rich historical novel and I longed to know the fate of this tragic cast of friends. These characters demand devotion - they'll get it, too' The Times
'A stirring story of war and its consequences ... tender and convincing. Well-drawn female characters complete an engaging saga' Mail on Sunday
'Anybody who hasn't read her WW1 and postwar trilogy ... should get buying. An absolutely magnificent trilogy ... three volumes is not enough. I NEED to know more ... and sparking such a need is a triumph for a novelist' Bel Mooney
'This moving and vivid historical novel ... cleverly interleaves the personal and the political, portraying the conflicts of loyalty produced by troubled times with great subtlety ... written with real knowledge and affection' Tablet
'Elegantly written and compulsively readable, Devotion manages to be both thrilling and heartfelt - a real treasure of a book' Jami Attenberg
'Young expertly weaves politics, race and loyalty into the family's narrative' Observer
'Powerful and evocative ... a must-read' Woman and Home
'Deeply moving ... a great 20th-century saga' Saga Magazine
'A gorgeously compelling story of family, love and race' Prima Magazine
'A sumptuous portrayal of love and war in fascist Rome' Observer
