The Shakespeare Sisters by Juliet Greenwood Paperback Book 9781805080336

Four motherless sisters raised by a distant father in a crumbling ivychoked country estate A terrible war on the horizon that will tear an ancient family apartampnbspStratforduponAvon 1940ampnbspRosalind Arden born into one of the oldest families in England has grown up running wild through the walled gardens and secret passages of historic Arden House known to have once been frequented by Shakespeare himself But centuries of squandered wealth have left the family destitute and Papa Arden plans to replenish the coffers by securing hasty marriages to the highest bidder for Rosalind and her sisters Passionate and headstrong Rosalind is quickly running out of ways to avoid this fateampnbspBut then war comes to England and not even Arden House can remain untouched As food shortages grip the villages and England is shrouded by blackouts Rosalind is unexpectedly swept into the orbit of softspoken aspiring architectampnbspGuy Thompson just weeks before hes sent to fight Heartbroken Rosalind knows she cant return to the golden prison of Arden With little more than a leatherbound book of Shakespeare in tow a secret bequest from her mother she runs away to London There she throws herself into the war effort photographing the heartwrenching aftermath of the blitz building a life for herself she never thought possibleampnbspUntil death comes to Arden and Rosalind is called home to devastating news With Guy having inexplicably cut contact and her father on the edge of ruin Rosalind...