The House of Shadows

Kate Williams’s The House of Shadows is the concluding volume in the Storms of War, a groundbreaking, cinematic trilogy that tells the story of the de Witt family from 1914 to 1939—perfect for fans of Downton Abbey, The Paris Wife and The Rules of Civility. A sweeping and gloriously moving novel of love, war and change in 1930s Europe and America from a brilliant young storyteller recognized on both sides of the Atlantic as “an outstanding new talent” who ranks among the “queens of contemporary fiction.”

Celia de Witt is half German, half English and heir to her family’s vast fortune. But it is January 1929 and the world is changing. A shocking revelation from her father sends her far from England and the life she knows and headlong into New York, a city brimming with money and promise.

Arriving in New York, Celia sets about saving the family business. But she also has other plans. The son she thought was dead is in America, and the man she once loved is nearby—but if she opens the Pandora’s box of the past, she may find that other secrets escape . . .

As the shadow of war once again threatens to fall across Europe, Celia is determined to save those she loves, even if salvation comes at the highest price.