An Invitation to the Kennedys: Captivating pre-WW2 historical fiction about high society, forbidden love...

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Emily Hourican

An Invitation to the Kennedys

Captivating pre-WW2 historical fiction about high society, forbidden love and a world on the...

Emily Hourican

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Hachette
06 August 2024

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

'Perfect for fans of The Crown and Downton Abbey ' Hazel Gaynor, bestselling author of The Last Lifeboat

'A breathtaking, glamorous and escapist read' Irish Times

London 1938: Daughter of the US ambassador, Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy is a huge hit in society's most elite circles, though she isn't always sure she fits in. While Kick is falling for duke-in-waiting Billy Cavendish, a man her parents will never let her marry, across the city Lady Brigid Guinness has no interest in love or society connections. But her ambitious brother-in-law has other ideas and seems determined to engineer a match with a German prince.

When they are invited to an exclusive gathering at a country estate, the young women soon form an unlikely friendship: the stuck-up aristocrat and the brash American. Then Billy and Prince Fritzi join the party, and tensions rise as Kick and Brigid discover that beneath the group's fa ade of politeness, nothing is as it seems.

As the days at Kelvedon Hall pass in a haze of sunshine, secrecy and surprising revelations, Kick and Brigid begin

to rethink their hopes and plans for the future. Do they still want what they once did? And with the world around

them constantly shifting, as war in Europe looms, will they ever be able to have it?

By: Emily Hourican
Imprint: Hachette
Country of Publication: Ireland
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9781399708050
ISBN 10: 1399708058
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 06 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emily Hourican is a journalist and author. She has written features for the Sunday Independent for fifteen years, as well as Image magazine, Conde Nast Traveler and Woman and Home. She was also editor of The Dubliner Magazine. Emily's first book, a memoir titled How To (Really) Be A Mother was published in 2013. She is also the author of novels The Privileged, White Villa, The Outsider and The Blamed, as well as three novels about the Guinness sisters: The Glorious Guinness Girls, The Guinness Girls: A Hint of Scandal and The Other Guinness Girl. She lives in Dublin with her family.

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This is a captivating story of high society, forbidden love and a world on the cusp of change from the bestselling author of the Guinness Girls series * Irish Country Magazine *