The Other Guinness Girl: A Question of Honor
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'A fascinating read' Sunday Independent
'The best in the series so far' Sunday Business PostHonor Guinness is rich, aristocratic, shy and awkward -- nothing like her glamorous cousins Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh.But when she marries charming and ambitious American, Henry 'Chips' Channon, together they make the perfect couple at the heart of the most elite social circles -- including a close friendship with the Prince of Wales and Mrs Wallis Simpson. But within the marriage, all is less than perfect.Meanwhile, Honor's best friend, the beautiful, enigmatic Doris, is set on establishing her place in London society. But, as tensions rise in 1930s Europe, Doris, born to a German-Jewish mother, hears troubling accounts from her cousins in Berlin. Will she be able to secure the right marriage to protect her family, and her future?Set against the rise of Nazism, the abdication of a king, and the slide into World War II, The Other Guinness Girl is a sweeping novel of love, desire, friendship and self-discovery.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781399707978
- Author: Emily Hourican
- Pub date: 27.09.22
- RRP: $36.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Emily Hourican
Emily Hourican is the author of nine novels and one book of non-fiction. Her first novel, The Privileged, was published in 2016, became an instant bestseller, and was
short-listed for the Best Popular Fiction Award at the Irish Book Awards that year. She then published three more works of contemporary fiction, the last of which, The Outsider, is beingdeveloped as a six-part TV series with Treasure Films, with Emily as screenwriter, supported by Screen Ireland.In 2019 she began writing historical fiction, and has since published four acclaimed, best-selling historical novels based on the Guinness and Kennedy families. The fifth, A KennedyAffair, will be published in October 2024.Emily is also an award-winning editor and journalist with the Sunday Independent,Ireland's biggest-selling newspaper.Other books by the author
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