The house of dust and dreams
By: by Brenda Reid
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9781409114703; 9781409114710; 9781409114727
Subjects: Diplomats' spouses; Fiction; English fiction; History
Description: Greece, 1930s. A young British diplomat and his wife have been posted to Athens. Hugh Timberlake thrives on the endless socialising, but his unconventional wife Evadne finds life stifling. When they go to Crete on holiday Evadne falls in love with the place, deciding to stay on when Hugh returns to his duties.