Autumn 1928. The Kaiser-i-Hind is en route to Bombay. In Cabin D38, Viva Holloway, an inexperienced chaperone, is beginning to feel as though she’s made a mistake. Her advert in The Lady has resulted in
three unsettling young charges to be escorted to India. Read More
Small Wars - Sadie Jones
Hal Treherne is a young and dedicated soldier on the brink of a brilliant
career. Impatient to see action, his other deep commitment is to Clara,
his beautiful ‘red, white and blue girl’.
When Hal is transferred to the Mediterranean, Clara, now his wife, and
their baby daughters join him. Read More
Whatever Makes You Happy - William Sutcliffe
Matt, Daniel and Paul were childhood friends. Now in their thirties, they’ve lost touch and have only one thing in common: their mothers.
Little do they know that, having spent a cardless Mother’s Day discussing how their emotionally..Read More
The winner of Le Prince Maurice Prize for literary love stories 2010
is announced today,
5 June 2010.
Julia Gregson - a former cowgirl, shearer’s cook, foreign correspondent and house model for
Hardy Amies - has been awarded this prestigious Prize for her second novel, East of the Sun.
Set in 1928 India, East of the Sun tells the story of three young women on their way to India,
each with a new life in mind but unprepared for what lies ahead.
Now in its eighth year, this unique Prize aims to celebrate the very best in literary love stories.
These are stories of the highest literary quality that engage the heart as well as the head, and
must be broadly on the theme of love in any of its forms. The prize is awarded to an Englishspeaking
writer every second year (alternating with a French-speaking winner).
Patron of the prize, critically acclaimed author Sebastian Faulks, presented Julia with Le Prince
Maurice Prize Trophy and a two-week Writer’s Retreat at Constance Le Prince Maurice.
Sebastian Faulks commented:
‘The writer and the judges have had a very successful week of cultural exchange with the people
of Mauritius, and the judges have picked a worthy winner from three equally good novels.’
