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| No Angel by Penny Vincenzi Orion Books 626 pages, 2000 ISBN 0752831992 Reviewed by our South African Editor, Merilyn Tomkins adams.west@saol.com - Adams Bookshop, Durban, SA This blockbuster comes from Penny Vincenzi, bestselling author of Almost a Crime and many other popular novels. No Angel is set against the background of the first belle epoque - that Edwardian era of immense luxury, great social deprivation and snobbery - moves into the horrors of the First World War and finally onto the outrageous glamour of the twenties. It is a study of personal power, family politics and relationships, and the conflict between right and expediency. It is also a powerful love story. Strong willed Celia Lytton moves through life making difficult decisions that will have far reaching consequences for many. For her husband Oliver, head of the Lytton publishing house; for Sylvia Miller, whose life of poverty is changed forever; for Sylvia's youngest daughter Barbara; for Little Margaret, Oliver's elder sister; for the American branch of the family living out its own dramas in New York; and for author Sebastian Brooke whose life is taken over by Celia. When does the end justify the means? Can wrong ever become right? Is anything entirely black or white? No Angel tries to answer these questions, in Volume One of The Spoils of Time Series that will follow the Lyttons through the first fifty years of the twentieth century. A remarkable first book in this riveting family saga. |
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