Kirjailija
Philippa Carey
Kirjat ja teokset yhdessä paikassa: 10 kirjaa, julkaisuja vuosilta 2019-2025, suosituimpien joukossa The Escape. Vertaile teosten hintoja ja tarkista saatavuus suomalaisista kirjakaupoista.
10 kirjaa
Kirjojen julkaisuhaarukka 2019-2025.
It is almost Christmas 1813. Two small girls are lonely, bored, grumpy, and travelling to their grandmother's house for Christmas. Their father is a widower, barely able to walk after fighting Napoleon. Their nursemaid is not very bright. Their governess has no enthusiasm or imagination. What they really want for Christmas is ...
It is 1918 and the Great War is ending. Ben is badly wounded, and sent to an auxiliary hospital in England.Laura is at a loose end. Looking for some new purpose, she volunteers at the local wartime hospital, where she is put in charge of a severely wounded officer.
On her way to run the Sunday School, the Methodist minister's daughter finds a handsome but badly injured man unconscious on the doorstep. Being good Samaritans, they take him in and call the doctor. When he regains consciousness, they find he has lost his memory, doesn't know who he is or why he is there.Meanwhile his parents wonder why he hasn't come back from the army reunion and what has happened to him. His brother and fianc e set out to find him.
It is almost Christmas 1813. Two small girls are lonely, bored, grumpy, and travelling to their grandmother's house for Christmas. Their father is a widower, barely able to walk after fighting Napoleon. Their nursemaid is not very bright. Their governess has no enthusiasm or imagination. What they really want for Christmas is ...
It is 1918 and the Great War is ending. The evening before the last great battle, Ben receives word that a flu epidemic has killed his entire family and decimated the staff on their estate. Devastated, he feels he has nothing to live for now and is reckless in battle the next morning. Badly wounded, he is sent home to an auxiliary hospital in England.Laura lives with her aunt and looks after her grandfather, the earl, who is now old and frail. They are visited by the naval officer she expects to marry, only for her to discover he has already married someone else. Not long afterwards, her grandfather dies and her cousin inherits the earldom and the estate. Now Laura is at a loose end, as all her plans and expectations have crumbled to dust. Looking for some new purpose, she volunteers at the local wartime hospital.