# The Hidden Palace - Hardcover

by **Dinah Jefferies** (Author)

_An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise..._

**A rebellious daughter**  
**1925.** Among the ancient honey-coloured walls of the tiny island of Malta, strangers slip into the shadows and anyone can buy a new name. Rosalie Delacroix flees Paris for a dancer's job in the bohemian clubs deep in its winding streets.

**A sister with a secret**  
**1944.** Running from the brutality of war in France, Florence Baudin faces a new life. But her estranged mother makes a desperate request: to find her vanished sister, who went missing years before.

**A rift over generations**  
Betrayals and secrets, lies and silence hang between the sisters. A faded last letter from Rosalie is Florence's only clue, the war an immovable barrier - and time is running out...

**Praise for _The Hidden Palace_**

"Completely swept me away to another place and time. Dinah is the queen of sumptuous settings, transporting the reader effortlessly from chocolate-box Devonshire to the cabaret clubs of 1920s Paris and war-torn Malta. A marvellous, multi-layered story, populated with characters to really care for"--HAZEL GAYNOR

"Dinah Jefferies wields her storytelling magic on the island of Malta . . . It's engrossing and sensual, full of the heat of the Mediterranean sun"--GILL PAUL

"Powerful, passionate and profoundly moving . . . this compelling mix of love and tragedy vibrates with warmth and pain, and captures the intense dislocation of war"--KATE FURNIVALL

"Sweeping and sumptuous with a gorgeously described sense of place. A marvellous adventure"--TRACY REES

**Praise for _Daughters of War_**

"A wonderfully evocative and sensual writer"--SANTA MONTEFIORE

"A warm and engrossing tale of passion and courage. I loved it"--RACHEL HORE

"Love, grief, abandonment, betrayal and secrets ... I adored it"--LIZ NUGENT

### Author Biography

Dinah Jefferies began her career with _The Separation_, followed by the number 1 _Sunday Times_ and Richard and Judy bestseller _The Tea-Planter's Wife_. Born in Malaysia, she moved to England at the age of nine. When she began writing novels, deeply influenced by her Eastern childhood, she was able to return there on annual research trips for each new novel.

With her most recent bestseller, her seventh novel _The Tuscan Contessa,_ she has moved to writing about a European setting for the first time and continues that in this new series.

She is published in 28 languages and over 30 countries and has twice been a Richard and Judy bookclub pick.

**Number of Pages:** 521

**Dimensions:** 1.78 x 9.41 x 6.29 IN

**Publication Date:** November 22, 2022

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