Jasmine nights /
Gregson, Julia.
Jasmine nights / Julia Gregson. - 416 p. ; 21 cm.
"A Touchstone book."
1942 and the world is at war. It is a war that has already shattered families and devastated countries. But for some, it will also mean the greatest of adventures.
In a burns hospital in Sussex, a beautiful young singer performs to a ward full of injured soldiers. Saba is captivating and one pilot, Dom, shudders as her gaze turns his way. He can’t bear her to see his scars but resolves to write to her once they have healed.
The world is on the brink of enormous change. Saba’s journey as a singer with ENSA takes her to the fading glamour of Alexandria and the heat and decadence of Turkey. On the glamorous Middle Eastern social circuit, Saba rubs shoulders with double agents and diplomats, movie stars and smugglers. Some want her voice, some her friendship, and some the secrets she is perfectly placed to discover.
JASMINE NIGHTS is a tale of decadence and destruction, of love and of danger. It is the captivating love story set in an extraordinary world.
9781409103042
2012009736
Women singers--Fiction.
British--Middle East--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain--Fiction.
Espionage, British--History--Middle East--20th century--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Theater and the war--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Love stories.
PR6107.R44494 / J37 2008
F
Jasmine nights / Julia Gregson. - 416 p. ; 21 cm.
"A Touchstone book."
1942 and the world is at war. It is a war that has already shattered families and devastated countries. But for some, it will also mean the greatest of adventures.
In a burns hospital in Sussex, a beautiful young singer performs to a ward full of injured soldiers. Saba is captivating and one pilot, Dom, shudders as her gaze turns his way. He can’t bear her to see his scars but resolves to write to her once they have healed.
The world is on the brink of enormous change. Saba’s journey as a singer with ENSA takes her to the fading glamour of Alexandria and the heat and decadence of Turkey. On the glamorous Middle Eastern social circuit, Saba rubs shoulders with double agents and diplomats, movie stars and smugglers. Some want her voice, some her friendship, and some the secrets she is perfectly placed to discover.
JASMINE NIGHTS is a tale of decadence and destruction, of love and of danger. It is the captivating love story set in an extraordinary world.
9781409103042
2012009736
Women singers--Fiction.
British--Middle East--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain--Fiction.
Espionage, British--History--Middle East--20th century--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Theater and the war--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Love stories.
PR6107.R44494 / J37 2008
F