Author: Leah Fleming

Cites

• Lew Lind (1)
  • IN: The Girl Under the Olive Tree (2013) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: There is no escape from Crete for those who have fallen under the spell of the mountain heart of the island and the hearts of the people who live there.
    FROM: Flowers of Rethymnon, (1991), NULL, Australia
• NULL (1)
  • IN: The Postcard (2014) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Remember before God those men and women of The European Resistance Movement who were secretly trained in Beaulieu to fight their lonely battle against Hitler's Germany and who before entering Nazi occupied territory, here found some measure of the peace for which they fought.
    FROM: From the plaque in the Cloisters of Beaulieu Abbey, (1969), NULL, NULL
• Nella Last (1)
  • IN: Dancing at the Victory Cafe (1995) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: If you love a person, you want them to be happy, not take them like butter and spread them thinly over your own bread to make it more palatable for yourself.
    FROM: Nella Last's Wartime Diary, (1981), Book, UK
• Geneviève Antoine-Dariaux (1)
  • IN: The Last Pearl (2016) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: There is just one piece of jewellery that is equally becoming to everybody... Long live the pearl necklace, true or false from first date to our last breath.
    FROM: A Guide to Elegance, (1964), Book, France
• William Penn (1)
  • IN: The Glovemaker's Daughter (2017) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Reader, whether young or old. Think it not too soon or too late to turn over the leaves of thy past life. And be sure to fold down where any passage of it may affect thee...
    FROM: The preface to Some Fruits of Solitude, (1718), Book, UK