The House of Dreams ~ Hardback ~ Kate Lord Brown

The House of Dreams ~ Hardback ~ Kate Lord Brown
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A beautifully written novel based on the incredible true-life story of Varian Fry, called "the artists' Schindler," from the international bestselling author of "The Perfume Garden."In 2000, Gabriel Lambert is a celebrated painter who hides a dark secret. Sophie Cass, a journalist struggling to begin her career and who has a family connection to Lambert, is determined to find the truth about his past and the little known story of the real "Casablanca."In 1940, an international group of rescue workers and refugee intellectuals and artists gather in the beautiful old Villa Air-Bel just outside Marseilles. American journalist Varian Fry and his remarkable team at the American Relief Center are working to help them escape France, but "the greatest man-trap in history" is closing in on them. Despite their peril, true camaraderie and creativity flourish while love affairs spring up and secrets are hidden. At the House of Dreams, a young refugee artist, Gabriel Lambert, changed the course of his life and now, sixty years later at his home in the Hamptons, the truth is finally catching up with him."Author BiographyKATE LORD BROWN is the internationally bestselling author of "The Perfume Garden. "She grew up in a wild and beautiful part of Devon, England, and was first published while at school. Kate won the BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition, Middle East region, in 2014; was a finalist in ITV's The People's Author competition 2009; and has a master's in creative writing. "The Perfume Garden" was shortlisted for the UK Romantic Novel of the Year 2014. She lives in the Middle East with her family.