A House in Winter
A glamorous princess and a restless young woman, both longing for escape
Will be published approx. on 3. September 2026
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-80444-421-4 (ISBN)
Description
Set in January 1965, A House in Winter tells the story of the visit of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden to his sister's home in Abbeyleix, Ireland, when they faced local opposition and IRA petrol bomb attacks that confined them, without electricity, for 48 fraught hours.
As well as the conflict outside the walls, there's plenty within, with Margaret's difficult mother in law gleefully contributing to her disintegrating marriage. Meanwhile in the nearby village local woman Cait has struggles of her own, unable to escape family responsibilities and small town life. Both Margaret and Cait are trapped by their circumstances in this gripping novel, based on fact, that reads as a marriage of The Crown and Maeve Binchy.
As well as the conflict outside the walls, there's plenty within, with Margaret's difficult mother in law gleefully contributing to her disintegrating marriage. Meanwhile in the nearby village local woman Cait has struggles of her own, unable to escape family responsibilities and small town life. Both Margaret and Cait are trapped by their circumstances in this gripping novel, based on fact, that reads as a marriage of The Crown and Maeve Binchy.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bonnier Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80444-421-4 (9781804444214)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Emily Hourican is the author of ten novels, including The Glorious Guinness Girls, The Kennedy Affair, The Privileged, The Blamed and The Outsider, one book of non-fiction, How To Really Be A Mother, and a children's book, Murder At The Ivy Hotel.
Emily has been an editor and a journalist for over 20 years.
Emily was born in Belfast and grew up in Brussels, where she went to the European School along with all the other Eurobrats.
She moved to Dublin in 1990 and studied English and History at UCD, then did a Masters in English Literature, also at UCD. She lives in Dublin with her husband, David, and their three children.
Emily has been an editor and a journalist for over 20 years.
Emily was born in Belfast and grew up in Brussels, where she went to the European School along with all the other Eurobrats.
She moved to Dublin in 1990 and studied English and History at UCD, then did a Masters in English Literature, also at UCD. She lives in Dublin with her husband, David, and their three children.