A Partisan's Daughter

A beautifully written and compelling story

Sunday Express

A bittersweet love story

Tatler

A bitter-sweet story of missed opportunities

Good Book Guide

A striking and wise novel, deceptively slight yet emotionally profound

New Statesman

A triumph - a finely executed little masterpiece

Daily Mirror

Attractive and completely compelling

Daily Mail

By the end I was impressed, moved and touched

Spectator

De Bernieres is a skilful writer, poetic but unforced, who can soothe you like a masseur, telling well-oiled stories of past excitements, and then just when you are drifting off, dexterously tweak a pressure point

Daily Telegraph

De Bernière's mellifluent, clear prose slips through the reader's mind with efficient ease

The Times

It's a glory...intensely moving...It's a wise and moving novel, perfectly accomplished. It shows that no life is ordinary. It shines fresh light on the nature of love

Guardian

Sublimely funny and moving...by the time I'd finished this sleek little novel I'd laughed out loud numerous times and, eventually, cried. That's as true a testimony to a book's loveliness as I know

Independent

This is a silk stocking of a novel: fragile, light - and yet possessed of surprising tensile strength...making it look this simple is a real art

The Times

You'll soon be as captivated by Roza's colourful tale as Chris is

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