Miss Treadway the Field of Stars By Miranda Emmerson
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"A fabulous depiction of a London where the "Swinging Sixties" hides a darker, more complicated story of prejudice and struggle.
Soho, 1965
In a tiny two-bed flat above a Turkish cafe on Neal Street lives Anna Treadway, a young dresser at the Galaxy Theatre.
When the American actress Iolanthe Green disappears after an evening performance at the Galaxy, the newspapers are wild with speculation about her fate.
But as the news grows old ad the case grows colder, it seems Anna is the only person left determined to find out the truth.
Her search for the missing actress will take her into an England she did not know existed: an England of jazz clubs and prison cells, backstreet doctors and seaside ghost towns, where her carefully calibrated existence will be upended by violence but also, perhaps, by love.
For in order to uncover Iolanthe's secrets, Anna is going to have to face up to a few of her own...
Book Information
Format: Paperback
Published: 28/02/2017
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery
Pages: 290
Dimensions: 214 x 157mm
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