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The Scarlet Nightingale
- A thrilling wartime love story, perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Tracy Rees
- Narrated by: Alan Titchmarsh
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
The new novel from Britain's favourite gardener and TV presenter Alan Titchmarsh is a sweeping story of love, danger, courage and betrayal, set in wartime London and Paris.
As war rages across Europe, one young woman faces an impossible choice. Will she save her country...or the man she loves?
It is the late 1930s. In London, socialite Rosamund Hanbury is determined to give up the parties and social sets of which she is a prominent member to join the war effort, along with scores of other young women.
After a stint at Bletchley Park and as one of the Air Transport Auxiliary's 'Atagirls', Rosamund is recruited by the Special Operations Executive under the code name 'The Scarlet Nightingale' and eventually moved in secret to France. There she falls under the charm of Count Thierry Foustier, a gallant Frenchman with a taste for danger and women.
But in the high-stakes role of secret agent Rosamund can't trust anyone, for if her true identity is revealed, she will be killed. As the peril of her top-secret operation mounts, Rosamund will be drawn into the very heart of the war, where her love and her loyalty will be put to a test more devastating than she could ever imagine.
Set between wartime London and Paris, this is a thrilling story of love, danger and betrayal from best-selling novelist Alan Titchmarsh.
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- Bev Moth
- 07-09-22
Superb
Thank you Alan, yet again a fabulous story beautifully read. Hopefully you are already writing more…!
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- SJW
- 05-05-21
Moving and uplifting in equal measure.
I've been a fan of Alan Titchmarsh's writing for quite a long time and have either read or listened to many of his novels. He has such a lovely, kind and gentle writing style, which really envelopes you, the reader/listener, and evokes both image and feeling for the people and characters he creates.
His narration style is perfect, too. In fact, it's lovely to hear him reading his own words, and the passion he feels for his stories is modestly evident. And I do love the fact that even when taking on other accents (French and German amongst others in this title), he never quite loses his Yorkshire lilt; something which may annoy other listeners, but not me.
I think the details given by the publishing company are more than adequate a synopsis of the book without me adding extra information. After all, I certainly wouldn't want to spoil this story for anyone else, suffice to say, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and warmly recommend it to fellow listeners.
Anyway, I do hope Our Alan is onto the next one. He cannot write them quick enough.
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- Angela Lovering-Moon
- 08-01-19
Thank you Mr. Titchmarsh
A friend recommended this book and I have so enjoyed listening to it whilst I have been on holidy over the festive period. I just loved it. Well written and very engaging.
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- Bob Glen
- 21-05-20
amazing
As usual Alan portrays his characters and places brilliantly.Love that he reads his own books.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-04-22
Lovely story
I never realised what a talented writer Alan is. I always loved his turn of phrase when presenting garden programmes but this story had a bit of everything and left me in tears at the end. I fully recommend it. It’s not slushy but very moving. I’ll be looking to listen to more of his books.
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- Lainie
- 12-02-19
The Scarlet Nightingale
What a wonderful book, loved it. Will definitely be listening to more Alan Titchmarsh books
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- Mrs. S. E. Redfern
- 23-06-20
Loved it
I like all Alan Titchmarsh novels and this is no exception. Some of it is maybe a bit slow paced but that suits me. Love the sound of his voice so the fact that he narrates the book is a bonus to me.
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- Julia
- 09-10-18
Wonderful
I was looking forward to this novel being released and it didn't disappoint. Charmingly wistful storyline read by the softly spoken author.
Just lovely.
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- Karenp
- 08-05-23
Fabulous
My first audio book and it was a delight to listen to. Always wanted to carry on, it was intriguing, delightful, interesting, amusing, sad at times but ultimately a wonderful love story
Thanks to Alan too for narrating I will definitely be buying more of his audio books
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- James Williams
- 31-05-20
Trusted storyline
Story was fair but ending quite expected. Narration by author not good as he too well known as a garden guru, not an author.
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