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A spellbinding novel of love and courage set in the England, Italy and Florence Nightingale's Crimea.
A Richard and Judy Book Club bestseller - includes a fascinating and moving brand new final chapter.

Russia, 1854. As the Crimean War grinds on, Rosa Barr - young, headstrong and beautiful - travels to the battlefields, determined to join Florence Nightingale and save as many of the wounded as she can.

For Mariella, Rosa's cousin, the war is contained within the pages of her scrapbook, her sewing circle, and the letters she receives from Henry, her fiancé, a celebrated surgeon who has also volunteered to work within the shadow of the guns. But when Henry falls ill, and Rosa's communications cease, Mariella finds herself drawn inexorably towards the war.

Following the trail of her elusive and captivating cousin, Mariella's epic journey takes her from the domestic restraint of Victorian England to the ravaged landscape of the Crimea. As she ventures deeper into the dark heart of the conflict, Mariella discovers her own strengths and passions through Rosa's tough lessons of concealment, faithfulness and love.

When Henry falls ill and is sent to recuperate in Italy, Mariella impulsively decides she must go to him. But upon their arrival at his lodgings, she and her maid make a heartbreaking discovery: Rosa has disappeared.
Following the trail of her elusive and captivating cousin, Mariella's epic journey takes her from the domestic restraint of Victorian London to the ravaged landscape of the Crimea and the tragic city of Sebastopol. As she ventures deeper into the dark heart of the conflict, Mariella's ordered world begins to crumble and she finds she has much to learn about secrecy, faithfulness and love.

'This is everything a good historical romance should be' GOOD BOOK GUIDE

'This book is little short of masterful. ..This is easily one of my favourite books of the last decade.' Goodreads 5 stars

'Absolutely loved this book, a real insight to women of a certain time' Goodreads 5 stars

'Feels like a dramatic, sweeping, tragic historical epic that you could imagine as a brilliant costume drama film' Goodreads 5 stars

Length: 396 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English

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"A pleasingly unformulaic read." ---Kirkus

""A pleasingly unformulaic read."" ---Kirkus --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Brilliant ... if you like Jane Austen, you'll probably like this. It's beautifully written - Amanda Ross

Absorbing - My Weekly

In her novel writen with great attention to detail and obvious affection for her characters and the time period, Katharine McMahon has penned a deeply affecting piece of historical fiction - Historical Novels Review

A heart-stopping tale of love and war during Queen Victoria's reign - Woman & Home --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

ASIN : B002U3CCVK
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson (18 September 2008)
Language : English
File size : 4736 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 396 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 885,584 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 15,791 in Literary Fiction (Kindle Store)
- 20,007 in Military Romance (Books)
- 23,588 in Historical Fiction (Kindle Store)

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Marguerite

Excellent, why hasn't this been made into a film!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2019

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This is the second time I've read this and I enjoyed it even more than the first. At first, you have very little sympathy for the maleable Mariella, who seems to lack any personality or any desire other than to sew her way complacently through life. I wanted to give her a good shake. Her cousin Rosa by comparison is vibrant and instantly likeable. And yet very slowly and subtly your empathies switch. Rosa is selfish, overbearing, and Mariella is repressed, you wonder what she will do if she'll just loosen her tightly-laced corsets a little. And that's what circumstances make her do.

I loved this. The ending was not at all clear cut and those who like all ther t's crossed will find fault with it, but the imagery of the last scene was so stark and vivid I didn't think you needed any more. The atmosphere in the Crimea was horrific and vividly drawn, the pointlessness of the war, the tragedy of the needless suffering made me angry and at the same time fascinated. And the exploding of the myths around Nightingale, Cardigan and the Charge of the Light Brigade were so subtly done that you had no cause to question them.

I would highly recommend this, and I'm very surprised it hasn't been turned into a film, it would make an excellent one.

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Trevor Cobb

A little disappointing given the characters and backdrop

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 May 2018

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An interesting novel set against the trauma of the Crimean War. All of the leading characters change as a result of their experiences and inter-actions. A relatively slow start; I couldn’t engage initially with the practical and conventional, Mariella. But she was well cast as a well meaning yet unreliable narrator. And as soon as Rosa came onto the scene, she swept me away with her determination, enthusiasm and zeal (as she did Mariella). The appalling conditions in the Crimea are a prominent theme together with the state of medicine and entrenched attitudes of society. I enjoyed The Rose of Sebastopol but came away a little disappointed, given the characters and backdrop it could have been better.
Overall 3/5. (Plot 3/5, Characterisation 4/5, Literary Merit 3/5, Readability 3/5.)

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Susan Stead

The ending left me in the air with no closure!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 June 2018

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I really enjoyed this book. The adjectives and adverbs were uniquely put. She had a different way of describing feelings and images that was really interesting. The only problem I had was the way it ended. I felt as though I needed at least one more page to read. In fact I kept looking for another page as I couldn't believe the story had ended where it did.

Will still look for other books by the same author though.

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oldboy1

Got there in the end

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2020

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The storyline was very slow to start with, in fact, it took a couple of goes to get into it.
Eventually persevered and found once I got into it it became a good read, so don't give up.

Mrs. EJ WILLIAMS

Before women had rights

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 March 2018

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I liked the story and the people inside but always find flitting from place to place and different times a bit annoying.
Good to imagine how hard it must have been to be dressed in most unsuitable clothes and to step right out of a very cloistered life into a strange country and to fend for oneself.

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