# A Spell of Winter

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- Book: [A Spell of Winter](https://www.bookquiver.com/helen-dunmore/a-spell-of-winter) ([A Spell of Winter.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/helen-dunmore/a-spell-of-winter.md))
- Authors: [Helen Dunmore](https://www.bookquiver.com/helen-dunmore)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4198-652-3
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Catherine and her brother, Rob, don't know why they have been abandoned by their parents. Incarcerated in the enormous country house of their grandfather - 'the man from nowhere' - they create a refuge against their family's dark secrets - and the outside world as it moves towards the First World War. As time passes their sibling love deepens and crosses into forbidden territory - but they are not as alone in the house as they believe...