In July of 1914, innocent, lovely Clarissa Granville lives with. Soon the world - and all that they know - is rocked by a war that changes their lives for ever. It was the beginning of summer and, unbeknown to any of us then, the end of a belle epoque. For now, that is Clarissa.Īs Tom and Clarissa's friendship deepens, the wider landscape of political life around them is changing, and another story unfolds: they are not the only people in love. The perfect read for fans of Kate Morton and Sarra Manning. Judith Kinghorns The Last Summer is a dramatic and moving novel set against the heartbreak of the First World War. Ambitious, clever, his sights set on a career in law, Tom is an acute observer, and a man who knows what he wants. 1914, the beginning of a blissful, golden summer.
Tom is handsome and enigmatic he is also an outsider.
When Clarissa meets Tom Cuthbert, home from university and staying with his mother, the housekeeper, she is dazzled. Deyning Park is in its heyday, the large country house filled with the laughter and excitement of privileged youth preparing for a weekend party. Occasionally the accidents of publishing bring out two. It is 1914, the beginning of a blissful, golden summer - and the end of an era. Written by Judith Kinghorn Martin Davies Review by Edward James. THE LAST SUMMER is a sweepingly epic and gloriously intimate commercial debut - a beautiful and haunting story of lost innocence and a powerful, enduring love.Ĭlarissa is almost seventeen when the spell of her childhood is broken.
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