No Place For A Lady: A sweeping wartime romance full of courage and passion

No Place For A Lady: A sweeping wartime romance full of courage and passion
Gill Paul

Praise for Gill Paul: ‘A cleverly crafted novel and an enthralling story… A triumph.’ DINAH JEFFERIES ‘Gripping, romantic and evocative of its time.’ LULU TAYLOR The year is 1854, and Britain is in the grip of a gruesome war. Dorothea Gray has not seen her little sister Lucy since she eloped with the handsome Captain Charlie Harvington and set sail for the Crimea.Now, as the war worsens and the battlefields darken with blood, Dorothea must risk everything to find her sister and join Florence Nightingale in the Crimean hospitals, nursing the injured soldiers back to health. But the young Lucy is fighting her own battles, and not everyone wants to be found…Against the backdrop of one of history’s most heartbreaking wars, can these two sisters find their way back to each other? Or will tragedy intervene?A spellbinding tale of courage, adventure and true love from the bestselling author of The Secret Wife.

GILL PAUL

NO PLACE FOR A LADY

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins 2015

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Source ISBN: 9780008102128

Ebook Edition © May 2015 ISBN: 9780008102135

Version: 2018-06-05

Dedication (#u1c234de0-394a-5f42-8068-2e2dca99a9e3)

For my brother Gray and sister Fo, who mean the world to me.

Contents

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Title Page (#u864e5d34-b63e-5ae1-992c-ceb419598728)

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Prologue (#uc3d302cc-81d5-515d-a5b4-c252234d28c7)

PART ONE (#u3d74496f-3a05-529b-975d-fcbbccba631a)

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Chapter Two (#u2d2793b7-6310-57e8-88ff-af341e75f620)

Chapter Three (#ub7345f42-7f4c-52e9-8d60-f4ad98583cdb)

PART TWO (#u096c4bbe-b844-56e1-ad71-5d41b80cd511)

Chapter Four (#u870f5a56-a6c3-54ad-b0cf-e4646c85a47c)

Chapter Five (#u02a10d62-d228-5fa0-831a-fe3e80d5053c)

Chapter Six (#uca8e7548-1267-5e46-a97b-552e6d0deed3)

Chapter Seven (#u2c54e9b2-4a16-5fd9-b435-346c41e0e026)

Chapter Eight (#u91131177-a605-5e08-8d8b-018725cd468a)

PART THREE (#ue137e838-f42b-5c38-b8bb-c9f05355af5f)

Chapter Nine (#u7eb4bed1-fd3b-59de-a943-38465e994791)

Chapter Ten (#u1c6bd121-a770-5bde-a9ce-c4bd3e025fc2)

PART FOUR (#u3020051b-6a27-51c0-9614-974ef4609eee)

Chapter Eleven (#u9fed62d2-5f89-5c6d-ad10-4686c43d366b)

Chapter Twelve (#ub80f7420-b94f-5d74-97be-6e483604323c)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)