Riley Lucinda The Lavender Garden a novel
The Lavender Garden: A Novel by Lucinda Riley
Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying…
A word to the wise: It would be helpful to start a genealogical family tree and fill it in as you read. Written in a dual time-line, I enjoyed this story and the challenge to solve the who’s who before the author revealed the answer.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Lucinda Riley (née Edmonds) (1966, Lisburn)[1] is an Irish author of popular historical fiction and a former actress. She spent the first few years of her life in the village of Drumbeg near Belfast before moving to England.[2] At age 14 she moved to London to a specialist drama and ballet school. At 16 she got her first major television role in the BBC adaptation of The Story of the Treasure Seekers, followed shortly afterwards by a memorable guest role in Auf Wiedersehen Pet. She remained a working actress for the next seven years, also marrying, but her career was interrupted by a long bout of mononucleosis at age 23. This caused her to turn to writing, and her first novel Lovers and Players was published in 1992.[2]In 2016 producer Raffaella De Laurentiis purchased the television rights to her five-novel series Seven Sisters.[1][3]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
The lavender garden: a novel DB79603
Riley, Lucinda. Reading time: 17 hours, 47 minutes.
Read by Laura Giannarelli. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.
Historical Fiction
Spy Stories
Family
War Stories
- Emilie de la Martinières has inherited the family home in southern France–and the debt. She uncovers papers from World War II while putting the estate to rights. 1944. Constance Carruthers is sent to Paris by Churchill to uncover German plots, but is cut off from her contacts. 2012.