{"product_id":"9781472274649-the-guinness-girls-a-hint-of-scandal","title":"The Guinness Girls – A Hint of Scandal","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInspired by Ireland's famous Guinness family, a thrilling historical novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the top ten bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Glorious Guinness Girls\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ecomes a stunning new novel following the three \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eenigmatic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e sisters as they set out on married life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Glorious! Glamorous, feisty women living through shifting times. Wonderful escapism' TRACY REES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the top ten bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Glorious Guinness Gir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003els\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ea stunning new novel of secrets, scandals and passions which follows the three enigmatic Guinness sisters, set in Ireland and London in the fascinating 1930s.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An utterly captivating insight into these fascinating women and the times they lived in . it's an absolute page-turner' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Independent  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fans of \u003ci\u003eDownton Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e will adore this, and it would be surprising if the book weren't made into a luscious mini-series' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eon\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Glorious Guinness Gir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003els\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh - the three privileged Guinness sisters, darlings of society in Dublin and London - settle into becoming wives and mothers, they quickly discover that their gilded upbringing could not have prepared them for the realities of married life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the eldest, Aileen, in Luttrellstown Castle outside Dublin, being married offers far less than she had expected;\u003cbr\u003efor outspoken Maureen, in the crumbling Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, marriage means intense passion, but fierce\u003cbr\u003erows; while Oonagh's dream of romantic love in London is shattered by her husband's lies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd as 1930s Britain becomes increasingly politically polarised, the sisters' close friends, the Mitfords, find themselves under the media glare - causing the Guinness women to examine their own lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by true-life events, The Guinness Girls: A Hint of Scandal is a sweeping, epic novel of Ireland and Britain in the grip of change, and a story of how three women who wanted for nothing were about to learn that they couldn't have everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Glorious Guinness Girls:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If, like me, you have binge-watched \u003ci\u003eBridgerton\u003c\/i\u003e then this book is bound to be your cup of tea' \u003ci\u003eScribbles by Kat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A captivating and page-turning novel about a fascinating family. Fantastic' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSinéad \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoriarty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Glorious Guinness Girls \u003c\/i\u003ehas already been compared, and rightly so, to \u003ci\u003eDownton Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e. 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