Margaret Pemberton Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Sweeping across Europe from Britain to Russia at the turn of the 20th century, The Summer Queen explores the lives of a royal family united by love, yet divided by war.

A sweeping saga of friends and lovers, set in Crete during the Second World War.

1945: The war was over, and the families who lived in Magnolia Square could look forward to their men coming home and their lives returning to normal. But for some, the end of the war brought serious problems. Kate Voigt was at last able to marry Leon Emmerson, the man she loved, a Londoner like herself, but of mixed race. When old man Harvey, a powerful and wealthy figure in South London and great-grandfather to Kate’s small son, heard of the match he was determined that young Matthew should not be raised by a ‘darkie’. Slowly, insidiously, he began the fight to wrest Kate’s son away from her.And for Jewish refugee Christina, who had married Jack Robson, a commando and the handsomest man in the Square, the end of the war brought its own special torment. She was convinced that her mother and grandmother had somehow escaped the holocaust and were alive. It seemed that her determination to find them could put everything, even her marriage, at risk.As Magnolia Square, scarred and battered, but still surviving, prepared to enjoy the ‘Peace’, so the inhabitants of the Square begin to try and rebuild their lives.

Alexander Karolysis, son of the wealthiest entrepreneur in New York, spends most of his adolescence battling with his father - nothing he does is considered correct. Meanwhile, in Ireland, beautiful Maura Sullivan is befriended by Lord Clanmar, but when he dies unexpectedly, Maura has little option but to leave Ireland to start a new life in New York. It is on the boat to America that Alexander and Maura meet for the first time...

Elizabeth Harland, living in Hong Kong, finds herself attracted to Raefe Elliot, a wealthy scoundrel, despite her marriage to Adam Harland