The Rose Of Sebastopol: The Richard & Judy Book Club pick and Sunday Times Bestseller

Críticas

Period detail and subtle characterisation are the strength of this book, over-frequent flashbacks its weakness; but the vigour and involvement of Clare Wille's reading carries the listener along pell-mell to the heartbreaking finale. (Christina Hardyment THE TIMES)

It's 1854 and Mariella is in the Crimea in search of her sick fiance Henry and her missing cousin, strong-willed Rosa... Intriguing. (Rachel Redford The Oldie)

Reseña del editor

Russia, 1854: the Crimean War grinds on, and as the bitter winter draws near, the battlefield hospitals fill with dying men. In defiance of Florence Nightingale, Rosa Barr - young, headstrong and beautiful - travels to Balaklava, determined to save as many of the wounded as she can.

For Mariella Lingwood, Rosa's cousin, the war is contained within the pages of her scrapbook, in her London sewing circle, and in the letters she receives from Henry, her fiancé, a celebrated surgeon who has also volunteered to work within the shadow of the guns.

When Henry falls ill and is sent to recuperate in Italy, Mariella impulsively decides she must go to him. But upon their arrival at his lodgings, she and her maid make a heartbreaking discovery: Rosa has disappeared.
Following the trail of her elusive and captivating cousin, Mariella's epic journey takes her from the domestic restraint of Victorian London to the ravaged landscape of the Crimea and the tragic city of Sebastopol. As she ventures deeper into the dark heart of the conflict, Mariella's ordered world begins to crumble and she finds she has much to learn about secrecy, faithfulness and love.

Read by Clare Wille