A Spell of Winter
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Author: Helen Dunmore
Genres: Historical Fiction Fiction Award Winning Books
Winner of the 1996
Orange Prize.
'A hugely involving story which often stops you in your tracks with the beauty
of its writing' Observer
Catherine and her brother, Rob, don't know why they have been abandoned by their parents. Incarcerated in the enormous country house of their grandfather - 'the man from nowhere' - they create a refuge against their family's dark secrets, and against the outside world as it moves towards the First World War. As time passes, their sibling love deepens and crosses into forbidden territory. But they are not as alone in the house as they believe . . .