Palace of Tears

Name: Palace of Tears
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781760292591
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By Julian Leatherdale

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Palace of Tears by Julian Leatherdale is an intricately woven narrative set in a grand hotel in the Blue Mountains of Australia. The story delves into the lives of multiple generations, revealing secrets, desires, and betrayals as the characters navigate love and loss. Through shifting timelines, the novel explores how the past continually influences the present, entwining personal histories with the majestic backdrop of the hotel.
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You might enjoy this book if you’re drawn to historical fiction with a rich tapestry of interwoven family secrets and intriguing characters set against a vividly depicted Australian backdrop. Its exploration of passion, betrayal and redemption may captivate those who appreciate a well-researched narrative with emotional depth.

The dazzling story of family, passion, secrets and vengeance, woven through the hardships of both World Wars, and revealing the intriguing history of the Palace, the opulent Blue Mountains hotel famed for its luxury and mysterious owner.

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Angie loved Mr Fox's magnificent, absurd hotel. In fact, it was her one true great love. But today Angie was so cross, so fed up with everybody and everything, she would probably cheer if a wave of fire swept over the cliff and engulfed the Palace and all its guests.

A sweltering summer's day, January 1914: the charismatic and ruthless Adam Fox throws a lavish birthday party for his son and heir at his elegant clifftop hotel in the Blue Mountains. Everyone is invited except Angie, the girl from the cottage next door. The day will end in tragedy, a punishment for a family's secrets and lies.

In 2013, Fox's granddaughter Lisa seeks the truth about the past. Who is this Angie her mother speaks of: 'the girl who broke all our hearts'? Why do locals call Fox's hotel the palace of tears? Behind the grandeur and glamour of its famous guests and glittering parties, Lisa discovers a hidden history of passion and revenge, loyalty and love.

A grand piano burns in the night, a seance promises death or forgiveness, a fire rages in a snowstorm, a painter's final masterpiece inspires betrayal, a child is given away. With twist upon twist, this lush, strange mystery withholds its shocking truth to the very end.

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Palace of Tears by Julian Leatherdale beautifully intertwines past and present, focusing on a grand hotel in the Blue Mountains and its complex history. Readers often praise Leatherdale's lush descriptions and intricate storytelling, noting how it captivates with its layered mysteries and richly developed characters. It offers a compelling read for those interested in family sagas brimming with secrets.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760292591

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 May 2016

Country: Australia

Imprint: Allen & Unwin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 496g

Pages: 560

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Fiction General Fiction Julian Leatherdale Literary Fiction

About the Author

Julian Leatherdale's first love was theatre. On graduation, he wrote lyrics for four satirical cabarets and a two-act musical. He discovered a passion for popular history as a staff writer, researcher and photo editor for Time-Life's Australians At War series. He later researched and co-wrote two Film Australia-ABC documentaries Return to Sandakan and The Forgotten Force and was an image researcher at the State Library of New South Wales. He was the public relations manager for a hotel school in the Blue Mountains, where he lives with his wife and two children. Palace of Tears is his first novel.

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