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Biographical note
Giles Waterfield (1949 - 2016) was an independent curator and writer, the Director of Royal Collection Studies and Associate Lecturer at the Courtauld Institute of Art. He was a trustee of the Charleston Trust and a member of the National Trust Arts Panel and the Advisory Panel of the National Heritage Memorial Fund. He was the author of four novels including The Long Afternoon which won the McKitterick Prize. www.gileswaterfield.comInstantly involving, full of drama, sadness and atmosphere - a wonderful read.
Woman and Home
[An] addictive family saga... Giles Waterfield writes with insight and compassion, and a deep love for the wonderful German culture that was nearly blotted out by the Nazis.
- Kate Saunders, The Times
Kept me spellbound... The book is written with Vermeer-like delicacy. Each scene is beautifully constructed with masterly restraint; much is left for the reader to intuit... Mr Waterfield's genius is to make us care for his characters as their world dissolves... As soon as I closed the book, I wanted to read it again.
Country Life
A spirited novel... explores notions of duty, love and betrayal through the prism of two families.
Literary Review
From the outset <i>The Iron Necklace</i> has all the ingredients you would expect from a sweeping dynastic World War story... A thoughtful, dispassionate look at how the war affected one family.
Belfast Telegraph
An atmospheric, tender first novel
Good Housekeeping
An almost perfect first novel
Daily Telegraph on The Long Afternoon
A fascinating psychological portrait of a marriage
Daily Mail on The Long Afternoon