Children of the Siege

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A lost child, a family divided, the bitter backdrop of war - set in 19th-century France. Heart-stopping and gripping, this classic Diney Costeloe story shows the courage of one family in the face of great danger. Nineteenth-century Paris is in flames, houses ransacked, streets barricaded. Most people are fleeing the ravaged city, but the St Clair family have made a fateful decision - to return to Paris from their house in the country. As the horrors of the Commune and the ensuring siege engulf the St Clairs, little Helene falls ill and becomes separated from the family. Lost and alone, she must fend for herself on the war-torn streets.

Diney Costeloe is the bestselling author of The Throwaway Children, The Runaway Family, The Lost Soldier, The Sisters Of St Croix and The Girl With No Name. She divides her time between Somerset and West Cork.

PRAISE FOR DINEY COSTELOE: 'A treat from the very first page. I could not put it down!' Historical Novel Society on The Sisters of St Croix. 'Historical fiction heaven ... Anyone who feels that women's hist fict is a simplified genre sub-set would definitely need a rethink after this' Bookbag, Top Ten Women's Fiction Books of 2016, on The Sisters of St Croix. 'Enlightening, compelling and emotional' Living North, on The Throwaway Children.