The Novel in the Viola (The House at Tyneford)

In The Spring Of 1938 Elise Landau Arrives At Tyneford, The Great House On The Bay. A Bright Young Thing From Vienna Forced To Become A Parlour-maid, She Knows Nothing About England, Except That She Won't Like It. As Servants Polish Silver And Serve Drinks On The Lawn, Elise Wears Her Mother's Pearls Beneath Her Uniform, And Causes Outrage By Dancing With A Boy Called Kit. But War Is Coming And The World Is Changing. And Elise Must Change With It. At Tyneford She Learns That You Can Be More Than One Person - And That You Can Love More Than Once. "In the spring of 1938 Elise Landau arrives at Tyneford, the great house on the bay. A bright young thing from Vienna forced to become a parlour-maid, she knows nothing about England, except that she won't like it. As servants polish silver and serve drinks on the lawn, Elise wears her mother's pearls beneath her uniform, and causes outrage by dancing with a boy called Kit. But war is coming and the world is changing. And Elise must change with it." -- Back cover Een jonge Oostenrijkse jodin wordt vlak voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog uit veiligheidsoverwegingen naar Groot-Brittannië gestuurd, waar ze een nieuw leven moet opbouwen The Tale Of An Immigrant's Experiences In England, Natasha Solomons Describes A Story Of The Sea, Of Love Lost And Found, And Of A Novel Hidden Inside A Viola. A sweeping story of upstairs, downstairs, love and loss by the author of Mr Rosenblum's List.