{"product_id":"023c72a6-e952-11eb-e2fd-5555aae74995","title":"The Guardian of Lies","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis epic novel is an unforgettably powerful story of love, loss and the long shadow of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDiscover a brilliant story of love, danger, courage and betrayal, from the internationally bestselling author of The Survivors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1953, the South of France. The fragile peace between the West and Soviet Russia hangs on a knife edge. And one family has been torn apart by secrets and conflicting allegiances.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eEloise Caussade is a courageous young Frenchwoman, raised on a bull farm near Arles in the Camargue. She idolises her older brother, Andre, and when he leaves to become an Intelligence Officer working for the CIA in Paris to help protect France, she soon follows him. Having exchanged the strict confines of her father's farm for a life of freedom in Paris, her world comes alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eBut everything changes when Andre is injured - a direct result of Eloise's actions. Unable to work, Andre returns to his father's farm, but Eloise's sense of guilt and responsibility for his injuries sets her on the trail of the person who attempted to kill him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eEloise finds her hometown in a state of unrest and conflict. Those who are angry at the construction of the American airbase nearby, with its lethal nuclear armaments, confront those who support it, and anger flares into violence, stirred up by Soviet agents. Throughout all this unrest, Eloise is still relentlessly hunting down the man who betrayed her brother and his country, and she is learning to look at those she loves and at herself with different eyes. She no longer knows who she can trust. Who is working for Soviet Intelligence and who is not? And what side do her own family lie on?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical Romance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKate Furnivall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e416 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 198mm W: 130mm Spine: 25mm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42539216371862,"sku":"9781471172342","price":22.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/products\/jacket---2023-04-02T143900-196.jpg?v=1680403327","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/023c72a6-e952-11eb-e2fd-5555aae74995","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}