The Valentine house
Henderson, Emma2017
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In June 1914, Sir Anthony Valentine, a keen mountaineer, arrives with his family to spend the summer in their chalet, high in the French Alps. There, for the first time, fourteen-year-old foundling Mathilde starts work as one of the 'uglies' - village girls employed as servants and picked, it is believed, to ensure they don't catch Sir Anthony's roving eye. For Mathilde it is the start of a life-long entanglement with les anglais - strange, exciting people, far removed from the hard grind of farming. Except she soon finds the Valentines are less carefree than they appear, with a curiously absent daughter no one talks about. It will be decades - disrupted by war, accidents and a cruel betrayal - before Mathilde discovers the key to the mystery. And in 1976, the year Sir Anthony's great-great grandson comes to visit, she must decide whether to use it.
Main title:
The Valentine house / by Emma Henderson.
Author:
Edition:
Large print edition.
Imprint:
Rearsby, Leicester : WF Howes Ltd, 2017.
Collation:
457 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781510077836 (paperback)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
347346
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Large Print - Fiction | HENDER | Available |