The French Wife

by Diney Costeloe

Overview

Two girls in 19th-century rural France.

Annette works below stairs. Hélène is a daughter of the house. As children on the mean streets of Paris, they went through more together than anyone must ever guess and they share a secret to be kept at all costs.

Now Hélène is in love with a man she cannot marry. And must marry a man she cannot love. A man she is beginning to suspect is both cruel and dangerous...

'Truly captivating' Woman & Home

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789543292
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	10/01/2020
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Diney Costeloe is the author of twenty-four novels, several short stories, and many articles and poems. She has three children and seven grandchildren, so when she isn't writing, she's busy with family. She and her husband divide their time between Somerset and West Cork. Find Diney online at dineycosteloe.co.uk, or on Twitter @Dineycost

Editorial Reviews

"A treat from the very first page. I could not put it down!" —Historical Novel Society on The Sisters of St Croix

"Historical fiction heaven . . . Anyone who feels that women's hist fict is a simplified genre sub-set would definitely need a rethink after this." —Bookbag, Top Ten Women's Fiction Books of 2016, on The Sisters of St Croix

"Enlightening, compelling and emotional." —Living North on The Throwaway Children

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