Sophia's husband Cornelis is one of the lucky ones grown rich from this exotic new flower. To celebrate, he commissions a young artist to paint him with his beautiful young bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and the painter; and ambitions, desires and dreams breed an intricate deception and a reckless gamble.
Sophia's husband Cornelis is one of the lucky ones grown rich from this exotic new flower. To celebrate, he commissions a young artist to paint him wi...
Russell Buffery has three ex-wives and seems to be headed for bachelorhood. He meets Celeste who appears to hold the elixir to restore his lost youth. She dazzles him with love but is secretly researching his ex-wives, children and step-children.
Russell Buffery has three ex-wives and seems to be headed for bachelorhood. He meets Celeste who appears to hold the elixir to restore his lost youth....
Historical, domestic and sexy like Moggach's best-selling Tulip Fever, this is a tantalizing, page-turning story set in South London's dark and dirty streets during WWI. 1916: Pretty young Eithne Clay runs a shabby-genteel South London boarding house while her husband is off at the War. There's Ralph, her fourteen-year old son, and Winnie the young maid, a homely, goodhearted country girl, and the lodgers, of course, a curious but necessary burden. They include blind Alwyne Flyte, communist and cynic, victim of a gas attack in the trenches. When the dreaded telegram arrives at the house,...
Historical, domestic and sexy like Moggach's best-selling Tulip Fever, this is a tantalizing, page-turning story set in South London's dark and dirty ...
After the far-flung charms of "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," Deborah Moggach moves to the Welsh countryside in her hilarious new comedy. From the bestselling author of "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" comes another hilarious and romantic comedy, this time set in a run-down B&B in Wales. The irrepressible Russell 'Buffy' Buffery has upped sticks from London and moved to a decrepit B&B in Wales. He needs to fill the beds, and what better way than with 'Courses for Divorces', his new money-making wheeze. From cookery to car maintenance, the recently divorced find themselves re-learning...
After the far-flung charms of "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," Deborah Moggach moves to the Welsh countryside in her hilarious new comedy. From t...
Enticed by advertisements for a luxury retirement home in India, a group of strangers leave England to begin a new life. On arrival, however, they discover the palace is a shell of its former self, the staff are more than a little eccentric and the days of the Raj appear to be long gone. But, as they soon discover, life and love can begin again, even in the most unexpected circumstances.
Enticed by advertisements for a luxury retirement home in India, a group of strangers leave England to begin a new life. On arrival, however, they dis...
