By Eva Ibbotson, these are charming novels dealing with love, struggle and happy endings. I read them as an adult and found them enchanting.
The Morning Gift - Ruth lives happily in Vienna until the Nazis invade....
A Company of Swans - Harriet's only escape from home is ballet. Then a Russian ballet master comes looking for dancers
The Secret Countess - set in St. Petersburg 1917 and London 1919 follows the fortunes of Countess Anna
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