The House at Tyneford, Natasha Solomons
The House at Tyneford, Natasha Solomons
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The House at Tyneford

Author: Natasha Solomons

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Unabridged: 14 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/27/2011

Synopsis

An irresistible World War II story of a forbidden upstairsdownstairs romance in a great English country house Its the spring of 1938 and no longer safe to be a Jew in Vienna. Nineteenyearold Elise Landau is forced to leave her glittering life of parties and champagne to become a parlor maid in England. She arrives at Tyneford, the great house on the bay, where servants polish silver and serve drinks on the lawn. But war is coming, and the world is changing. When Kit, the son of Tynefords master, returns home, he and Elise strike up an unlikely friendship that will transform Tynefordand Eliseforever. A pageturning tale of family, love, loss, and the power of the human spirit set against the perennially popular backdrop of World War II England, Natasha Solomons The House at Tyneford is upmarket romantic fiction at its best.

About Natasha Solomons

Natasha Solomons is the author of the internationally bestselling Mr Rosenblum's List, The Novel in the Viola, which was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club, and The Gallery of Vanished Husbands. Natasha lives in Dorset with her son and her husband with whom she also writes screenplays. Her novels have been translated into 17 languages.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bridget on July 14, 2013

Audiobook. This might take a while. My damage with this book, beginning with the most egregious issues: 1. The main character, Elise, is absolutely unlikable. Her own family kind of doesn't like her, and it's not in that heart-wrenching, Jacob Have I Loved way where you feel like shaking them and yell......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on November 06, 2013

*Spoiler alert* I loved this book, the characters, the time period, everything. I fell in love with Elise and Kit. The ending was a bit disappointing though, I feel like the author had written such a detailed book and then she got to the end and rushed it. The ending just seemed a bit vague and I'm......more

Goodreads review by Jonna on January 13, 2013

I very much enjoyed this. It's imperfect, sure -- the author is a little obsessed with foreshadowing to such a degree that almost nothing is a surprise -- but it has the most beautiful sense of place. Tyneford is lovely, and it's not just the description of the town, but the characters within it. I......more

Goodreads review by Viviana on January 01, 2014

Como fã assumida da famosa série televisiva "Downton Abbey" não podia deixar de ler este livro. E devo dizer que não me arrependo nada de o fazer! :) Ainda que com algumas semelhanças com a série (período histórico e plano de acção), este romance de Natasha Solomons é completamente original. A protago......more

Goodreads review by Laura on July 09, 2012

Book Review: The House at Tyneford by Natasha Solomon Confession: I was in one of my favorite bookstores, Denver’s The Tattered Cover (AKA: A piece of heaven!). One of the things that I like about the Tattered Cover is that it always has interesting displays that pique my interest—even if the display......more

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