The Lost Lights of St Kilda

The sweeping uplifting historical love story

By: Elisabeth Gifford

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Paperback | 1 January 2020

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288 Pages

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21 x 11 x 2.5

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A gorgeous interwoven tale of a desolate island, and two lovers finding their way back to one another.

'Desperately romantic, lyrically written and with a fascinating plot' - Katie Fforde

Chrissie Gillies comes from the last ever community to live on the beautiful, isolated Scottish island of St Kilda. Evacuated in 1930, she will never forget her life there, nor the man she loved and lost who visited one fateful summer a few years before.

Fred Lawson has been captured, beaten and imprisoned in Nazi-controlled France. Making a desperate escape across occupied territory, one thought sustains him: find Chrissie, the woman he should never have left behind on that desolate, glorious isle.

The Lost Lights of St Kilda is a sweeping love story that crosses oceans and decades, and a testament to the extraordinary power of hope in the darkest of times.

'A gorgeous, melancholy love story.' - The Times

'An undeniably haunting love story.' - Sunday Times

About the Author

Elisabeth Gifford grew up in a vicarage in the industrial Midlands. She studied French literature and world religions at Leeds University. She has a Diploma in Creative Writing from Oxford OUDCE and an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway College. She is married with three children, and lives in Kingston upon Thames.

Industry Reviews

"A gorgeous, melancholy love story"
The Times

"An undeniably haunting love story."
Sunday Times

"Desperately romantic, lyrically written and with a fascinating plot."
Katie Fforde, author of A Rose Petal Summer

"I loved this book. Beautifully written and descriptive... The twisted threads weave an engaging plot which takes us on a trail of human courage and measures the cost of betrayal. Set in the last poignant years of life on remote St Kilda and in war-torn Europe, it paints both worlds with a vividness that is wholly convincing."
Sarah Maine, author of The House Between Tides

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