The Edge of the Fall: A Novel - Softcover

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KATE WILLIAMS is the author of the novels The Storms of War, Dancing into Life and The Pleasures of Men, as well as five acclaimed non-fiction books, including Becoming Queen, about Queen Victoria’s youth, and England’s Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton. She is also a social historian and broadcaster who appears regularly on radio and television as a historical and royal expert, frequently appears on BBC Breakfast and has hosted historical documentaries on TV and radio. The New World is the concluding volume in the Storms of War trilogy, which tells the story of the de Witt family between 1914 and 1939.

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For fans of Downton Abbey and The Paris Wife, Globe and Mail—bestselling author Kate Williams follows up her beloved novel The Storms of War with an utterly spellbinding tale of 1920s London and Paris.

In the second volume of Kate Williams’s epic historical saga, the de Witt family are struggling to piece together their lives in the aftermath of the Great War. Rudolf and his wife, Verena, reeling from the loss of their second son, don’t know how to function in the post-war world. Eldest son Arthur has come home to Stoneythorpe Hall, but a shroud of mystery surrounds his wartime business dealings in Europe. Socialite-turned-socialist Emmeline is passionate about carving out a new niche for herself in life, one that comes with its own dangers. And idealistic, adventurous Celia, the youngest de Witt, is desperate to spread her wings and see the world. To escape Stoneythorpe and its painful secrets, she moves to London and embraces life and love in the Roaring Twenties.

At once romantic and real, sweeping and sensitive, The Edge of the Fall is brimming with intrigue and emotion, balancing the glamour of the era with the gritty reality of life in a world changed by war.