From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a haunting magical story set in 17th century London perfect for fans of Jessie Burton & Elif Shafak 1611 Celia Lamprey looks out across the rooftops of Aleppo for the last time After ten years living in the Orient she & her husband Paul Pindar are setting sail for England
- taking with them the legendary diamond the Sultan's Blue despite the curse that surrounds it They arrive to find a country much changed; Bishopsgate once surrounded by fields is now a muddy thoroughfare choked with carriages
- from which carpenters gardeners & footmen descend summoned to restore Pindar's great house to its former splendour But all is not as it seems Celia is frail & the marriage childless Between the couple lies a great unspoken darkness Now as they await the arrival of Celia's friend Annetta from Venice another woman the alluring widow Frances Sydenham becomes increasingly indispensable to the running of the household
- & the happiness of its inhabitants But who is this strange woman & what are her real motives? Vividly evoking Jacobean society The House at Bishopsgate is a sumptuous richly woven story of marital secrets & sexual jealousy from a master of historical fiction