Skylark - From the Nyt-Bestselling Author of the Paris Wife

From the bestselling author of The Paris Wife comes an irresistible story of love, courage and resistance on the streets of Paris - and in the secret network of tunnels that lies beneath

1664: Alouette Voland is the daughter of a master dyer at Paris' famed Gobelins Tapestry Works. With a gift for her craft and a drive to prove she is as good as the male dyers controlling the industry, Alouette dreams of creating her own masterpiece. But her boldness will put everyone she loves at risk. 

1939: Kristof Larson is starting his medical residency in the same Parisian neighbourhood once dominated by the tapestry works. The shadows of his past have left him determined to improve conditions for the patients of the infamous Salpetrière asylum. But as war breaks out across Europe and Nazi forces descend on Paris, he could lose his career - and his life.

Alouette and Kristof are both ambitious, idealistic and brave. But faced with authorities who will do anything to silence them, the secret web of tunnels lying beneath the shimmering streets of Paris might be their only hope of survival. 

Skylark is a spellbinding story about defiance and love that beautifully uncovers the hidden history of the City of Light. 

 

About the author

Paula McLain is the New York Times bestselling author of Love and Ruin, Circling the Sun, The Paris Wife, and A Ticket to Ride, the memoir Like Family: Growing Up in Other People’s Houses, and two collections of poetry. Her writing has appeared in New York Times, Good Housekeeping, O: The Oprah Magazine, Town & Country, Guardian, Huffington Post, and elsewhere. She lives in Ohio with her family.

Product details

• Authors: Paula McLain, McLain Paula
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 05.02.2026
• EAN: 9781836432296
• ISBN: 978-1-83643-229-6
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / War & Military, Sagas, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Sagas, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction & related items, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, FICTION / Jewish, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), FICTION / Multiple Timelines, FICTION / World Literature / France / General, Fiction based on or inspired by true events, Narrative theme: war and conflict, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family saga / generational saga fiction, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Fiction: dual or multiple timelines