Mint condition.Bantam Press,2007.First UK edition-third printing(2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3).Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(small nick and crease on the edges of the Dj cover),both in mint condition.The book is new with two small pencil marks impressions on the edge of the first blank page of the book.381pp.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: A romantic wartime novel encompassing both love and tragedy. n nAs Walter Berrisford paints beautiful Katherine Garland, she asks him to put a ladybird on her finger without his knowing why. He is appalled when he discovers that Katherine is a Nazi. The outbreak of war means that her sister Caro and her friend Robyn join the FANYs, while former maids, Betty and Trixie, work in a factory. n nWar brings frantic romance to all, including their flatmate Edwina O'Brien, but it is Betty, transferred to decode at the Park that alone discovers the truth about the Ladybird. n nFrom the Trade Paperback edition. n nAbout the Author nCharlotte Bingham comes from a literary family. Her father sold a story to H. G. Wells when he was only seventeen and Charlotte wrote her autobiography, Coronet Among the Weeds, at the age of nineteen. Since then, she has written comedy and drama series, films and plays for both England and America with her husband, the actor and playwright Terence Brady.