Rosie Thomas

Iris and Ruby: A gripping, exotic historical novel


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      Iris and Ruby

      Rosie Thomas

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       Copyright

      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

       www.harpercollins.co.uk

      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2006

      Copyright © Rosie Thomas 2006

      Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2016 Jacket photographs © Shutterstock.com

      Rosie Thomas asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.

      Source ISBN: 9780007173549

      Ebook Edition © April 2016 ISBN: 9780007460106

      Version: 2016-04-28

       Praise for Rosie Thomas:

      ‘Rosie Thomas writes with beautiful, effortless prose, and shows a rare compassion and a real understanding of the nature of love’

       The Times

      ‘Honest and absorbing, Rosie Thomas mixes the bitter and the hopeful with the knowledge that the human heart is far more complicated than any rule suggests’

       Mail on Sunday

      ‘A master storyteller’

       Cosmopolitan

      ‘Thomas’s novels are beautifully written. This one is a treat’

       Marie Claire

      ‘A lush and sweeping voyage of self-discovery’

      Eithne Farry, Daily Mail

      ‘Prepare to be dazzled … an epic tale of sisterhood and betrayal’

       Company

      ‘Heart-rending and beautifully written … I read it in one delicious go, tears pouring down my face. You cannot fail to be moved’

      Emma Lee-Potter, Express

      ‘A terrific book, beautifully written … questions about identity, belonging, infidelity, dying and forgiveness make this a very moving study of the human heart’

       Australian Women’s Weekly

       Dedication

       For Louis, Solomon and Misty. The new generation

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Keep Reading: Daughter of the House

       About the Author

       Also by Rosie Thomas

       About the Publisher

       CHAPTER ONE

      I remember.

      And even as I say the words aloud in the silent room and hear the whisper dying away in the shadows of the house, I realise that it’s not true.

      Because I don’t, I can’t remember.

      I am old, and I am beginning