The Splendour Falls
by Susanna Kearsley
Chinon-chateau of legend, steeped in the history
of France and England. It is to Chinon that Emily goes on a long-awaited
holiday, to meet her charming but unreliable cousin, Harry. Harry wanted to
explore the old town and the castle, where Queen Isabelle, child bride of King
John, had withstood the siege of Chinon many centuries ago, and where,
according to legend, she hid her casket of jewels. But when Emily arrives at
her hotel she finds that Harry has disappeared, and as she tries to find him
she becomes involved with some of the other guests and learns of a mystery
dating from the German occupation during the Second World War. Another
Isabelle, a chambermaid at the hotel, fell in love with a German soldier, with
tragic results.
Emily becomes increasingly aware of strange
tensions, old enmities and new loves; as she explores the city, with its
labyrinthine dungeons and tunnels and its ancient secrets, she comes ever
closer to the mystery of what happened to both the Isabelles of Chinon's
history.
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