The Nightingale

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Author: Kristin Hannah Historical fiction Published on 2nd October 2025 by Pan Macmillan (Macmillan) in the United Kingdom.Hardback | 464 pages 241mm x 165mm | 688g The 10th Annive rsary Special Edition and Bestselling Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick'One of the greatest storytellers of our time' – Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads SingSoon to be a major motion picture, The Nightingale has captured the hearts of millions of readers becoming a number one bestseller across the world. It is a heart-breakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the endurance of women. 'I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I’d like to be known'This story is about what it was like to be a woman during World War II, when women’s stories were all too often forgotten or overlooked . . . Vianne and Isabelle Mauriac are two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals and passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path towards survival, love and freedom in war-torn France. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime. ‘A rich, compelling novel of love, sacrifice and survival’ – Kate Morton, author of Homecoming‘Movingly written and plotted . . . you’ll keep turning the pages until the last racking sob’ – Daily Mail‘I loved The Nightingale . . . great characters, great plots, great emotions, who could ask for more in a novel?’ – Isabel Allende, bestselling author of The House of the Spirits‘A gripping tale of family, love, grief and forgiveness’ – Sunday ExpressThe Nightingale has sold more than 4 million copies globally, TIME, February 2021 Show more