Tides of War
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:7th Jun '12
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012, Tides of War is a sweeping epic set against the backdrop of Regency England and the battlefields of the Peninsular War.
Newly-wed Harriet stands poised on the threshold of the adult world. Her husband, James, is setting off to join the Duke of Wellington's troops in Spain and left alone in London, Harriet is taken under the wing of Lady Wellington.
Newly-wed Harriet stands poised on the threshold of the adult world. Her husband, James, is setting off to join the Duke of Wellington's troops in Spain and left alone in London, Harriet is taken under the wing of Lady Wellington. While Harriet plunges into a new life of freedom at home, James faces the bloody reality of the battlefield.
As war rages abroad and England stands on the brink of change, Harriet and James face hope and heartache in equal measure. From the mantillas and palms of Seville to the gas lamps of foggy London, Tides of War returns us to the vivid, lost world of the past.
Hugely enjoyable... Intelligent, classy, entertaining * The Times *
Seldom, since reading Jane Austen, have I so wanted to slip between the pages of a book and become one of its characters… She makes fiction as real as history and considerably more compelling -- Lucy Kellaway * Financial Times *
Marvellous... Her descriptions are wonderful * Sunday Times *
Tillyard perfectly inhabits her period... Gradually the plot's threads tighten to reveal a perfectly sprung novel * Daily Telegraph *
Dazzling - I love this book. It's beautifully written, the characters are deeply involving and the historical settings are so right - in short, Tides of War is a triumph -- Simon Schama
One of the most assured debuts in years...a modern novel that is the perfect answer to anyone who thinks the past is out of date -- Amanda Foreman * Financial Times *
Tides of War is elegantly written, with passages of verve and...poignancy -- Matthew Dennison * Independent *
A perfectly sprung novel of the sort that owes more to Hilary Mantel and David Mitchell than Patrick O'Brian or Bernard Cornwall * Daily Telegraph *
Love, betrayal, war and peace charge this powerful debut -- Fanny Blake * Woman & Home *
Tillyard writes in fluid, largely understated prose and her descriptions are wonderful -- Lucy Atkins * Sunday Times *
ISBN: 9780099526421
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 24mm
Weight: 272g
384 pages