TY - BOOK AU - Costeloe, Diney, TI - The French wife T2 - Children of the siege SN - 1789543312 U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2020/// CY - London : PB - Head of Zeus, KW - Sisters KW - France KW - Fiction KW - Families KW - 19th century KW - Friendship KW - Secrecy KW - History KW - Third Republic, 1870-1940 KW - Paris (France) KW - Siege, 1870-1871 KW - Commune, 1871 KW - Fiction. KW - Domestic fiction KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft N2 - "As the St Clair family prepare for the grand wedding of their daughter, Clarice, trouble is brewing. An old friendship, a new love and a dangerous secret threaten to destroy the life the St Clairs have built.Their younger daughter, Hélène, became friends with orphaned Annette during the terrible events of the 1871 siege of Paris. Now they are reunited, with Annette working below stairs for Hélène's parents. But she is hiding a dangerous secret, which Hélène has promised to keep at all costs.Meanwhile, Hélène has begun to fall in love with a young nobleman from England, whose family has plans which do not include their son choosing a French wife."--Publisher ER -