Synopses & Reviews
With more than 3.5 million copies sold, Penny Vincenzi is one of the world's preeminent writers of popular fiction and American readers no longer have to miss out on the fun. With the publication of
No Angel, a novel introducing the engaging cast of characters in the Lytton family, Overlook opens a thrilling new dimension to this author's already illustrious career.
No Angel is an irresistibly sweeping saga of power, family politics, and passion a riveting drama and a fervent love story. Celia Lytton is the beautiful and strong-willed daughter of wealthy aristocrats and she is used to getting her way. She moves through life making difficult and often dangerous decisions that affect herself and others her husband, Oliver, and their children; the destitute Sylvia Miller, whose life is transformed by Celia's intrusion; as well as Oliver's daunting elder sister, who is not all she appears to be; and Sebastian Brooke, for whom Celia makes the most dangerous decision of all.
Set against the tumultuous backdrop of London and New York in the First World War, No Angel is, as British Good Housekeeping wrote, "an absorbing page-turner, packed with believable characters and satisfyingly extreme villains, eccentrics, and manipulators." Readers of Maeve Binchy, Barbara Taylor Bradford, and Anita Shreve will fall in love with this epic, un-put-downable novel.
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"No Angel is a rich bonbon of a book. Readers who devour sagas and love romance will find every page irresistible. And as for others? Well, you might feel a little undernourished, but still I'm betting that you can't help but gorge yourself on at least some of its guilty pleasures." Caroline Leavitt, The Washington Post Book World
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"Vincenzi perfectly captures the intricacies of her characters and creates plots captivating enough to keep readers eyes' glued to this long and hearty saga." Publishers Weekly
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"Studiously avoiding latent snobbery, Vincenzi rounds out this baggy saga with a few working-class characters, whose hearts are in the right place even if their aitches are not. Overlong and overwrought, though not without a certain veddy British charm." Kirkus Reviews
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"Vincenzi...creat[es] love affairs that seem breathlessly real....Somewhat less successful is her portrayal of several of the feminist characters....[T]his sprawling melodrama is a natural for the Barbara Taylor Bradford crowd." Ilene Cooper, Booklist
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"Will keep you eagerly turning the pages." Cosmopolitan
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"Penny Vincenzi writes with verve and heart, immersing the reader in a world of engrossing and unforgettable glamour and passion. No Angel is a highly entertaining family saga." Dominick Dunne
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"The characters' authenticity and the meticulously researched backgrounds make this a fascinating social documentary as well as a great love story." Family Circle
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"Seductively readable....I carried on reading late into the night." The Times (London)
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"All of the novel's characters are three-dimensional, and the story enthralls us as it takes us through not only the emotional life of the Lyttons but also the wheeling and dealing of their publishing house." Library Journal
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"Packed with passion, pain, pace, and palaver...it's high-class, well-structured, with enough juicy sub-plots and interesting minor characters to keep you gripped though many an evening. Fans are in for a feast." Van Hennessy, Daily Mail (U.K.)
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"An impressive, silky smooth saga, which explores the boudoir and business of a mega-rich family." Sunday Telegraph (London)
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"Penny Vincenzi dazzlingly combines the old-fashioned virtues of gripping storytelling with the up-to-the-minute contemporary feel for emotional depth and insight into the lives of her characters. The multi-generational saga is a notoriously difficult genre to get right, but since she is a supremely stylish, deft, and clever writer, reading a Penny Vincenzi novel is an addictive experience." Elizabeth Buchan, author of Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, Perfect Love, and Consider the Lily
Synopsis
Penny Vincenzi's novel No Angel is an irresistibly sweeping saga of power, family politics, and passion--a riveting drama and a fervent love story. Set against the tumultuous backdrop of London and New York in the First World War, No Angel is, as British Good Housekeeping wrote, "an absorbing page-turner, packed with believable characters and satisfyingly extreme villains, eccentrics, and manipulators." Readers of Maeve Binchy, Barbara Taylor Bradford, and Anita Shreve will fall in love with this epic, unputdownable novel.
Celia Lytton is the beautiful and strong-willed daughter of wealthy aristocrats, and she is used to getting her way. She moves through life making difficult and often dangerous decisions that affect herself and others--her husband, Oliver, and their children; the destitute Sylvia Miller, whose life is transformed by Celia's intrusion; as well as Oliver's daunting elder sister, who is not all she appears to be; and Sebastian Brooke, for whom Celia makes the most dangerous decision of all.
Synopsis
With the publication of No Angel, a novel introducing the engaging cast of characters in the Lytton family, Overlook opens a thrilling new dimension to this author's already illustrious career.
About the Author
Penny Vincenzi is married with four children. She has been writing since she was nine when she put together her own magazine called Stories and has written for Vogue and Cosmopolitan. Her novels include Something Dangerous and Into Temptation, also to be published by Overlook.