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London, 1937. Adelaide Anson‑Gravetty learns she is not who she believed herself to be and traces her origins to the Convent of Our Lady of Mercy in St Croix, northern France. Following France’s defeat, German occupation forces arrive, placing the nuns and Adelaide in peril. The sisters, entwined with British agents and the underground resistance, confront the relentless threat of the Nazi war machine, striving to safeguard the innocent amid the terror of wartime France.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Diney Costeloe
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