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The Poppy and the Rose
- Author
- Ashlee Cowles
- Narrator
- Patricia Santomasso, Esther Wane
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 9 March 2021
- Run Time
- 9 hours 49 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
What to expect
1912: Ava Knight, a young English aristocrat, boards the Titanic and meets a sailor, a soldier, and a woman with secret knowledge about a coming war that will change the course of history.
2010: Taylor Romano arrives in Oxford for a summer journalism program and is invited to
tea at an old manor with a cursed history.
When Taylor discovers that the Lady of the house knows an uncanny amount about Taylor and her family's secrets, she knows something isn't right. But before she can find answers, the old
woman dies suspiciously, leaving Taylor with a single clue: the story of a Titanic survivor named Ava.
With the help of a brooding chauffeur and some historical sleuthing, Taylor must uncover the link between Ava's past and her own before her most cherished memories are tarnished forever.
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Details
- Author
- Ashlee Cowles
- Narrator
- Patricia Santomasso, Esther Wane
- Duration
- 9 hours 49 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 March 2021
- ISBN
- 9781705295526
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Synopsis
Death can take many things, but it can't take your memories.1912: Ava Knight, a young English aristocrat, boards the Titanic and meets a sailor, a soldier, and a woman with secret knowledge about a coming war that will change the course of history.2010: Taylor Romano arrives in Oxford for a summer journalism program and is invited totea at an old manor with a cursed history.When Taylor discovers that the Lady of the house knows an uncanny amount about Taylor and her family's secrets, she knows something isn't right. But before she can find answers, the oldwoman dies suspiciously, leaving Taylor with a single clue: the story of a Titanic survivor named Ava.With the help of a brooding chauffeur and some historical sleuthing, Taylor must uncover the link between Ava's past and her own before her most cherished memories are tarnished forever.
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