The gathering storm
Call Number
- FICTION HARR (CEN, OSH)
Publication Information
London : Sphere, 2024.
Physical Description
615 pages : illustration, genealogical table; 23 cm.
Summary
"England, 1936. The reign of Edward VIII has begun, but danger for the monarchy already looms on the horizon. At home in Morland Place, Polly Morland feels alone and abandoned, with her brother summoned to France by his old employer. James soon finds himself travelling to Russia, whereas Polly will voyage on the Queen Mary with New York - and a long-lost love - her destination. Soon the family are scattered to the four winds, from Hollywood to war-torn Spain. Working for the Air Ministry on new fighter planes, Jack fears that his children are not taking the increasingly tense situation in Europe seriously enough. The nation is divided over which is the greater thread: Communist Russia, or Fascist Germany. As the storms of war gather, they will threaten to overwhelm the Morlands and destroy all that they have worked for."--
Subjects
- Morland family (Fictitious characters) > Fiction.
- Estranged families > Fiction.
- Aristocracy (Social class) > England > Fiction.
- Communism > Russia (Federation) > Fiction.
- Fascists > Germany > Fiction.
- Great Britain > History > Edward VIII, 1936 > Fiction.
- Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century > Fiction.