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This is the first volume of a trilogy about Lyttons, a great publishing house and the family that own it. The three books are set in the period before, during and after the Second World War and they cover the lives of three generations of this powerful and passionate family. Book one will... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Oliver Lytton: Head of Lyttons publishing house
- Lady Celia Lytton: His wife and senior editor
- Giles Lytton: Their son
- Venetia and Adele Lytton: Their twin daughters
- Margaret (LM) Lytton: Oliver's elder sister and business manager
- Jago Ford: LM's lover and father of her son
- Jay: LM's son
- Jack Lytton: Oliver's young soldier brother
- Lily Fortescue: An actress friend of Jack's
- Sylvia Miller: Lambeth mother of seven befriended by Lady Celia
- Barty Miller: Her daughter, living with the Lyttons
- Billy Miller: Sylvia's eldest son
- Sebastian Brooke: Bestselling author edited by Lady Celia
- Guy Worsley: Novelist discovered by Oliver
- Gordon Robinson: A solicitor friend of LM's
- Lord Beckenham: Celia's dather
- Lady Beckenham: Celia's mother
- Caroline Masterson: Celia's sister, based in Scotland
- Robert Lytton: Oliver's older brother, a successful property developer
- Jeanette Elliott: Wealthy widow of a banker, Robert's wife
- Laurence Elliott: Her eldest son
- Jamie Elliott: Her youngest son
- Maud Lytton: Robert and Jeanette's daughter
- John Brewer: Robert's business partner
- Felicity Brewer: His wife, a poet published by Lyttons
- Kyle Brewer: Their son
- Dr Perring: Add a description of this character.
- Brunson
- Daniels
- Lyttons
- Lettie
- Susannah
- Gill
- Marjorie
- Dorothy
- Mama
- Mrs Gould
- Frank
- Ted
- Paul Davis
- Peter Briscoe
- Jeremy
- Cheyne Walk
- Howard Shaw
- James Sharpe
Setting & Locations edit
London
- London
- Jasper Lothian
- Ashingham
- France
- New York
- Cambridge
- America
- England
- Hampstead
- Eton
- Line Street
- Beaconsfield
- Long Island
- Good Lord
- India
- Oxford
- Glasgow
- Scotland
- Professor Lothian
- Wall Street
- Cornwall
- Colchester
- Nanny
- Paris
- Europe
- Garrick
- Buckingham Palace
- Titanic
- Ealing
First Sentence edit
"Celia stood at the altar, smiling into the face of her bridegroom and wondered if she was about to test his vow to cherish her in sickness and in health rather sooner than he might have imagined."
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in Spoils of Time. (standard series)
Followed by Something Dangerous.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Penny Vincenzi (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Orion
Country: England
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0752831984
Page Count: 626
Publisher: Orion
Country: England
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0752831984
Page Count: 626
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PR6072.I525 N6 2000
- Dewey: 813
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