Lily: A Tale of Revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author

In Rose Tremain's novel "Lily the Blackbird," a baby is abandoned at a park and taken to the Foundling Hospital, where she suffers years of hardship. When she meets a policeman again, she is convinced he holds the key to her happiness, but might he also uncover her crime and condemn her to death? The novel explores themes of rejection, poverty, guilt, and redemption in Victorian London.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 07 July 2022
Publisher: Vintage Publishing

From the acclaimed author of the Sunday Times bestseller, Rose Tremain, comes a gripping novel of murder and revenge set in Victorian England.

London, 1850. On a freezing winter's night, a baby is abandoned at the gates of a park, only to be saved by a young policeman and taken to the Foundling Hospital.

After enduring years of brutal hardship at the Hospital, Lily is released into the world of Victorian London. However, she is hiding a dreadful secret.

When Lily and the policeman meet again, Lily is convinced that he holds the key to her happiness. But might he also be the one to uncover her crime and condemn her to death?

Enthralling and deeply humane, Tremain evokes Victorian London with visceral intensity in this gripping and profoundly moving novel that explores themes of rejection, poverty, guilt, and redemption.

The Observer

Weight: 206g
Dimension: 128 x 197 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529115178