The Splendour Falls

The Splendour Falls

<p>"I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with charactersۥsure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!"ۥ <strong>DIANA GABALDON</strong>, #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of Outlander</p><p><strong>An Ancient Castle, a Tragic Love, and a Web of Secrets Begins to Unravel...</strong></p><p>Emily Braden has stopped believing in fairy tales and happy endings. When her fascinating but unreliable cousin Harry invites her on a holiday to explore the legendary own of Chinon, and promptly disappearsۥwell, that's Harry for you.</p><p>As Emily makes the acquaintance of Chinon and its people, she begins to uncover dark secrets beneath the charm. Legend has it that during a thirteenth-century siege of the castle that looms over the city, Queen Isabelle, child bride of King John, hid a "treasure of great price." And in the last days of the German occupation during World War II, another Isabelle living in Chinon, a girl whose love for an enemy soldier went tragically awry.</p><p>As the dangers of the past become disastrously real, Emily is drawn ever more deeply into a labyrinth of mystery as twisted as the streets and tunnels of the ancient town itself.</p><p><strong>Other bestselling books by Susanna Kearsley: <br></strong>The Winter Sea<br> A Desperate Fortune<br> The Firebird </p>