The Pleasure Palace - gripping and unforgettable historical fiction from the acclaimed author of The Show Woman

About the author

Emma Cowing is an award-winning journalist and writer. She has written for a wide number of publications including The Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday, Guardian Weekend Magazine, Spectator and Scotsman.

Emma is a former Feature Writer of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards, and two-time Interviewer of the Year. She holds an Ochberg Fellowship in Journalism and Trauma at Columbia Journalism School in New York, for her work covering the war in Afghanistan, and its aftermath.

Emma was shortlisted for the 2023 Cheshire Novel Prize, and longlisted for the 2023 Bath Novel Award and Blue Pencil First Novel Award. The Show Woman is her first novel.

Product details

• Authors: Emma Cowing
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 04.04.2026
• EAN: 9781399737456
• ISBN: 978-1-3997-3745-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Illustrations: N/A
• Subjects: FICTION / Romance / Historical / General, FICTION / Women, Historical mysteries, Historical fiction, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / Romance / Suspense, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Scottish, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, c 1910 to c 1919, Historical crime and mysteries, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), FICTION / Feminist