{"product_id":"9781529012262-the-secret-countess","title":"The Secret Countess","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA classic post-war romance novel, from the award-winning and best-loved Eva Ibbotson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fairy tale for grown-ups. It's unapologetically romantic but it's also extremely funny, wry, dry and witty - and hugely uplifting.' – Marian Keyes, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs WWI draws to a close, a love affair that stretches across countries, families and class begins, in master storyteller Eva Ibbotson's classic historical romance \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Countess\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, with an introduction from Amanda Craig.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna Grazinsky, a young Russian countess, has lived in the glittering city of St Petersburg all her life in an ice-blue palace overlooking the River Neva. But when revolution tears Russia apart, her now-penniless family is forced to flee to England. Armed with an out-of-date book on housekeeping, Anna determines to help her family in any way possible, and she is soon hired as a housemaid at the Earl of Westerholme's crumbling but magnificent mansion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen Rupert, the young Earl, returns home from the war and is fascinated by his new housemaid, and the more time they spend together the more they feel inexplicably drawn together. But they can never be together; Rupert is already engaged and Anna is only a servant .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I have binged on Eva Ibbotson . her elegantly written, witty and well-observed fables' – Nigella Lawson, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRediscover Eva Ibbotson, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eJourney to the River Sea, \u003c\/i\u003ein her sweeping historical romances, including \u003ci\u003eThe Morning Gift\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Song For Summer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Countess, \u003c\/i\u003eoriginally published as \u003ci\u003eA Countess Below Stairs\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944748494945,"sku":"9781529012262","price":8.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28561430.jpg?v=1722696651","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529012262-the-secret-countess","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}