Fallen Skies, Philippa Gregory
Fallen Skies, Philippa Gregory
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Fallen Skies

Author: Philippa Gregory

Narrator: Bianca Amato

Unabridged: 21 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/31/2019

Synopsis

Fallen Skies takes readers to post-World War I England in a suspenseful story about the marriage of a wealthy war hero and an aspiring singer he barely knows.

Can a family's mannered traditions and cool emotions erase the horrors of war from a young couple's past?​

Lily Valance is determined to forget the horrors of the war by throwing herself into the decadent pleasures of the 1920s and pursuing her career as a music hall singer. When she meets Captain Stephen Winters, a decorated veteran, she's immediately drawn to his wealth and status. And Stephen, burdened by his guilt over surviving the Flanders battlefields where so many soldiers perished, sees the possibility of forgetting his anguish in Lily, but his family does not approve.

Lily marries Stephen, only to discover that his family's façade of respectability conceals a terrifying combination of repression, jealousy and violence. When Stephen's terrors merge dangerously close with reality, the truth of what took place in the mud and darkness brings him and all who love him to a terrible reckoning.

About Philippa Gregory

English born author, Philippa Gregory, received her degree in History from the University of Sussex, followed by a PhD in 18th century literature from the University of Edinburgh. Along the journey of her education, she discovered that she had an uncommon interest in the Tudor period. Using her history background, she first wrote The Other Boleyn Girl, which to her credit, was made into a TV drama, and followed by a major film.

Gregory has put much of her effort and personal money into a 20 year old charity that she founded. It is Gardens for The Gambria, that teaches school children to plant market gardens which are irrigated by the almost 200 wells that the author has funded. She is also a patron of The UK Chagos Support Association, a displaced people in the Indian Ocean.

Gregory was selected as the 2008 Edinburgh University Alumna of the Year. She lives with her family on a small farm in Yorkshire.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dana Cordelia on June 20, 2009

I hadn't expected to enjoy Fallen Skies as much as I did. I still maintain that "The Other Boleyn Girl" is her best book, but this is way up there near the top of my list. The vivid descriptions of the vaudeville theater, and the delicious glimpses of 1920s Portsmouth and Southampton, were so much f......more

Goodreads review by Stacie (MagicOfBooks) on May 12, 2020

I will also do a video review here at my channel: [URL not allowed] "Fallen Skies" by Philippa Gregory takes place in post World War I England, following wealthy war hero Stephen Winters and stage singer Lily Valance. Both are determined to forget about the war and move on with thei......more

Goodreads review by ~Sofia~ on May 09, 2021

I love anything Philippa Gregory writes, especially her early works, I mean Wideacre, do I need to say more. She seems to take daring risks with her plots and I have learnt to always expect the unexpected. In saying that, I had no idea that this book was set in my home town, of the Portsmouth area,......more

Goodreads review by Merredith on September 15, 2013

This is a historical fiction book set just at the end of World War I in England, during the 20s, flapper time. This is a time frame i know almost nothing about...I watched Chicago, but that's about it...so I'm glad to read this. Unlike Gregory's other books I've read, these characters weren't real p......more

Goodreads review by Amy on January 23, 2014

It took me some time to become enthralled with this book. The first few chapters rambled on slowly for me, and I wasn't clear where the story was going. About a quarter of the way in, I had a clearer picture of the story line and could not wait to see the ending. The characters range from sweet and......more

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