The Metal Heart
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  • Published: 29 April 2021
  • ISBN: 9781405944366
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

The Metal Heart

The beautiful and atmospheric story of freedom and love that will grip your heart

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29 Apr 2021
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29 Apr 2021
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1 Mar 2022
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A sweeping Second World War novel about two sisters and the prisoner-of-war whose life will entwine with theirs, inspired by a true story

Orkney, 1940. On a remote island, a prisoner-of-war camp is constructed to house five hundred Italian soldiers, where a freezing winter and divided community await them.

Orphaned sisters Dorothy and Constance volunteer to nurse the men. Dot is drawn to Cesare, a young man fighting on the wrong side, broken by war and destruction.

The soldiers spend their days building a secret barricade between the islands. By night, however, they construct a reminder of their native land - an exquisite chapel.

As tensions between the islanders and outsiders grow, the sisters' loyalty is tested. Will Dot choose love, or family?
  • Published: 29 April 2021
  • ISBN: 9781405944366
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
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About the author

Caroline Lea

Caroline Lea grew up on the island of Jersey. The Glass Woman, her debut, is a gothic thriller set during the Icelandic witch trials. The Metal Heart, a Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month, is an epic Second World War love story; Prize Women reveals a feminist scandal at the heart of the roaring 20s. Her latest novel reimagines Mary Shelley and the writing of Frankenstein.

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