Download or read book The Magic Hour written by Charlotte Bingham and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exciting and dramatic but tender and heartfelt; this is a novel that you will return to again and again. From the million copy and Sunday Times bestselling author Charlotte Bingham, for fans of Louise Douglas and Dinah Jeffries. 'An engaging, romantic and nostalgic read' -- DAILY MAIL 'Compulsive reading... Bingham's prose is lively and vivid, making this a real page turner' -- GOOD BOOK GUIDE "These are characters you will really care about" -- ***** Reader review "Very enjoyable and hard to put down" -- ***** Reader review "Incredibly well written and engrossing" -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************** TWO PATHS, ONE DESTINATION... When Alexandra Stamford goes to stay with her cousins at Knighton Hall she is very much the poor relation. Shortly after her return home, her father re-marries. No longer wanted, Alexandra is forced to become a maid-of-all-work for a Mrs Smithers who lives in a grand Regency house in the seaside town of Deanford. It is here that handsome, funny Bob Atkins meets and falls in love with Alexandra... Meanwhile Tom O'Brien, erstwhile stable lad at Knighton Hall, meets and falls for the beautiful Lady Florazel Compton who introduces him to the sophistications of 1950s London. As Bob is conscripted for National Service, Alexandra plans her future, and in doing so discovers family secrets that have a devastating impact. Tragedy strikes, and it is only when Tom returns from New York to search out his old friend Bob Atkins' fiancée that Alexandra's life appears about to be truly transformed. But the past seems destined to wreck the happiness of the present, as the glamorous Lady Florazel Compton is determined to re-capture her former love, destroying the magic hour of Tom's and Alexandra's meeting.