The House at Tyneford

by Natasha Solomons

Book Overview

Fans of Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden and TV ' s Downton Abbey will love this sweeping New York Times bestselling historical novel of love and loss. The start of an affair, the end of an era... It's the spring of 1938 and no longer safe to be a Jew in Vienna. Nineteen-year-old Elise Landau is forced to leave her glittering life of parties and champagne to become a parlor maid in England. She arrives at Tyneford, the great house on the bay, where...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452297648
• ISBN13: 9780452297647
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Pretty good

This is the second book I’ve read by Natasha Solomons, the first being House of Gold. This is a lovely story, and as with House of Gold, the language used is quite beautiful and the descriptors effective; the reader is really able to feel the characters’ emotions. The storyline is creative, sometimes heart-wrenching and sometimes humorous. That being said, I didn’t like it nearly as well as House of Gold. The main love story lacked something for me...I think I just wasn’t convinced by it; the secondary love story, however, was much more satisfying in my opinion. Overall, I would recommend it, though I’d definitely steer someone more toward House of Gold for a truly incredible story. Perhaps it was because I was so impressed by House of Gold that this one wasn’t quite as profound for me.

Unforgettable

Just finished this amazing book! I found myself in tears as I read the last word because I didn't want the story to be over! Truly one of the best books I've ever read! The author is so descriptive of her characters, settings, and plot that you feel as if you are present in the midst of it all!