01580cam a2200301 4500 360751116 TxAuBib 20151123120000.0 130319|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013005536 9781476703558 trade paper : alk. paper 1476703558 trade paper : alk. paper DLC eng DLC DLC TxAuBib Riley, Lucinda. The lavender garden : a novel / Lucinda Riley. 1st Atria pbk. ed. New York : Atria Paperback, 2013. 2012. 403 p. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 403). La Côte d'Azur, 1998. In the sun-dappled south of France, Emilie de la Martinires, the last of her gilded line, inherits her childhood home, a magnificent château and vineyard. With the property comes a mountain of debt and almost as many questions. Paris, 1944. A bright, young British office clerk, Constance Carruthers, is sent undercover to Paris to be part of Churchill's Special Operations Executive during the climax of the Nazi occupation. Separated from her contacts in the Resistance, she soon stumbles into the heart of a prominent family who regularly entertain elite members of the German military even as they plot to liberate France. Adult. 20151123. Country homes England Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. Love stories. France Fiction.