Correspondent H/B Roberta Griffiths "This is a harrowing novel

"This is a harrowing novel about the push and pull of fidelity

But before Nik is crowned the royal rebel discovers he didn’t leave Sofía behind alone

to show that the story of success is far more surprising

Bongo and Marsha

During a ferocious morning air raid a mysterious parachutist lands in Rome and disappears into the backstreets

Correspondent H/B Roberta Griffiths "This is a harrowing novelEvery morning, Sybil Van Antwerp sits down to write letters to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to attend a class she desperately wants to take, to her favourite authors to tell them what she thinks of their latest books, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter. Because at seventy three, Sybil has used her correspondence witty and wise to make sense of the world.