The Persephone Box Set Boxset:Six Wartime Novels First published in 1924 and

First published in 1924 and an immediate bestseller at the time

In one respect Mrs Oliphant's subjects were ‘the staples of Victorian women's fiction – money

She travelled in China and in 1938 arrived in England

But Laski's understated assurance and grip is almost astonishing

The sequel is an absorbing melodrama

The Persephone Box Set Boxset:Six Wartime Novels First published in 1924 andThe Persephone Box Set is a selection of six Persephone books curated by us and delivered in a beautiful grey cardboard box filled with tissue paper and tied with ribbon. It costs 98 including shipping within the UK; to send it overseas, the cost is more but shipping is included in the price calculated at checkout. Choose from one of the following twelve Box Sets: An Introduction to Persephone Books Someone at a Distance, The Fortnight in September,