The Artist’s War

A gripping and heartbreaking historical novel of love and sacrifice.

Hampshire, 1916: Alice traces her hand over the cold glass of the window as the pale morning light slips into the empty room. The pain of loss is worse than a physical one.

Reminders of Edmund are all around her. The coldness of the sheet on the other half of the bed. The unrelenting silence in the cottage when her stepdaughter Lottie is at school or tucked up asleep at the end of another day.

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Part three in the Hearts of Glass series. Alice and Edmund’s story continues…

How did Alice ever imagine she could run their workshop in Edmund’s absence? Keeping up with their stained-glass commissions takes every ounce of her strength and ingenuity, and as Lottie becomes more withdrawn, Alice worries desperately about how best to care for the troubled girl.

Alice takes comfort from renewed closeness with her brother Victor, whose injuries prevent him from re-joining the fight, and who is enmeshed in undercover work for the Ministry of Munitions. She must go on, for Lottie, for Edmund, and for the life as artists they’ve built together. But with the news from the Front more desperate every day, she knows that the chance that she’ll ever see Edmund again is slipping away from her.

And then the telegram arrives…

From the trenches of France to the fraught Home Front in rural England and London, The Artist’s War is an unforgettable story of a society in the midst of devastating upheaval, and of courage in extraordinary times.

What readers are saying about the Hearts of Glass series:

““Another excellent page-turning book. I was engrossed from beginning to end and stayed up very late to finish it.”

Amazon reader, The Artist’s Wife

“With a master artisan’s eye and exquisite craft, Clare Flynn has created a world where family is not to be trusted, first impressions may deceive, and the path to happiness takes you a long way from home.”

Jane Davis, Author of Small Eden, The Artist’s Apprentice

“Clare’s writing is utterly absorbing – firstly because of her characters, who are always so believable and secondly, the research she does for each book is remarkable, especially the social history, which I love – so much…”

Polly, UK, The Artist’s Wife

“Such a beautiful series, it wrings every emotion out of you.”

Amazon reader, The Artist’s Wife

“This book is a paean for all those who fought to live life their own way. An unlikely romance in a period of unromantic history, I dare you not to fall in love.”

JJ Marsh, Author of the Beatrice Stubbs series, The Artist’s Apprentice