The Sapphire Child
Written by Janet MacLeod Trotter
Narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden
4/5
()
About this audiobook
In the dying days of the Raj, can paths divided by time and circumstance ever find each other again?
In 1930s Northern India, childhood friends Stella and Andrew have grown up together in the orbit of the majestic Raj Hotel. Spirited Stella has always had a soft spot for boisterous Andrew, though she dreams of meeting a soulmate from outside the close-knit community. But life is turned on its head when one scandal shatters their friendship and another sees her abandoned by the man she thought she loved.
As the Second World War looms, Andrew joins the army to fight for freedom. Meanwhile in India, Stella, reeling from her terrible betrayal, also throws herself into the war effort, volunteering for the Women’s Auxiliary Corps, resigned to living a lonelier life than the one she dreamed of as a child.
When Andrew returns to the East on the eve of battle with Japan, the two former friends are reunited, though bitter experience has changed them. Can they rekindle what they once had or will war demand of their friendship the ultimate sacrifice?
Janet MacLeod Trotter
Janet MacLeod Trotter is the author of numerous bestselling and acclaimed novels, including The Hungry Hills, which was nominated for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, The Tea Planter’s Daughter, which was nominated for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Novel of the Year Award, and In the Far Pashmina Mountains, which was shortlisted for the RNA Historical Romance of the Year Award. Much informed by her own experiences, MacLeod Trotter was raised in the north-east of England by Scottish parents and travelled in India as a young woman. She now divides her time between Northumberland and the Isle of Skye. Find out more about the author and her novels at www.janetmacleodtrotter.com.
More audiobooks from Janet Mac Leod Trotter
The Jacobite Lass Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Diamond Daughter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Sapphire Child
Titles in the series (2)
The Emerald Affair Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sapphire Child Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related audiobooks
Meet Me at the Pier Head Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Ha'Penny Place Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Many a Tear Has to Fall Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Her Father's Daughter: A page-turning family saga from bestseller Lizzie Lane Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Storms Gather Between Us Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Trouble With Secrets: The Kilteegan Bridge Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5For the Love of Liverpool Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Runaway: A gripping historical novel from Catherine Law Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Painter in Penang: A Gripping Story of the Malayan Emergency Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSteel Girls on the Home Front Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCounting Chimneys Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ruby Flynn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mersey Girls: A gritty family saga you won't be able to put down Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Place to Call Home Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Greater World: A Woman's Journey Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPaula's Way Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Women of Waterloo Bridge Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sing Them Home Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Silver Lining Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCoronation Wives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Girls From See Saw Lane Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Blood Brothers Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Three Letters Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Chalky Sea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Wedding at Mulberry Lane Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Orphanage Girls Reunited Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Runaway Woman Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPengelly's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Child of the Mersey Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Historical Fiction For You
Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tom Lake: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Outlander Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5And Then There Were None Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Reformatory: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Song of Achilles: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rose Code: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Huntress: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Apothecary: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hang the Moon: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Tattooist of Auschwitz: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5That Bonesetter Woman: the new feelgood novel from the author of The Smallest Man Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Weyward: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Schindler's List Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alice Network: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5West with Giraffes: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dragon Teeth: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Lost Names Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Yellow Wife: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All Quiet on the Western Front Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Neon Gods Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Golem and the Jinni: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nineteen Steps: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crooked House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The River We Remember: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Clan of the Cave Bear Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5News of the World: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for The Sapphire Child
1 rating0 reviews