![]() ![]() ![]() This time, the story begins in 1936, when our heroine Alice has been temporarily released from boarding school in order to accompany her father, Staff Capt Townsend, as he helms an ocean liner sailing from Southampton to New York.Īlice’s mother is dead, and her father is remote: “They saw each other so rarely that she sometimes felt they were like two different species, a tree and a bird perhaps, as they adjusted to one another after being apart.” While her father takes comfort in rules – “‘If this is to be a success, you must follow my instructions. Peril on the Atlantic – the first in a series of three standalone novels, each set against the backdrop of the sea – takes us further afield. Her debut novel, The Garden of Lost Secrets (2019), was a thriller set in the hothouses of a stately home during the First World War The House of One Hundred Clocks (2020) followed the adventures of the daughter of an Edwardian clock-winder. ![]() AM Howell is now one of the bestselling novelists in the field, having focused much of her children’s fiction on her home county of Suffolk during the early 1900s. This may help to explain why historical fiction is enjoying such a boom. Adventures are harder to come by when every child has a smartphone in their pocket: they can call for help or navigate their way out of trouble. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |