<b>This is that rare, precious and fabulous thing - a proper story, with characters you care about desperately and root for right to the end . . . I can't recommend this novel highly enough. </b><b>Moving, shocking, dramatic, clever, atmospheric, glamorous and satisfying. You'll adore it</b>
Daily Mail
<b>A lovely novel, full of humanity</b>
Sunday Times
<b>It's impossible not to be drawn in by <i>The Chaperone</i>. Laura Moriarty has delivered the richest and realest possible heroine in Cora Carlisle . . . What a beautiful book. I loved every page</b>
- Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife
<b>Enthralling . . . In this layered and inventive story, Moriarty raises profound questions about family, sexuality, history and whether it is luck or will - or a combination of the two - that makes for a wonderful life</b>
O Magazine
<b>An evocative look at the early life of silent-film icon Louise Brooks . . . Mesmerizing</b>
Vogue
<b>Surprising and poignant</b>
Entertainment Weekly
<b>A fun romp</b>
Good Housekeeping
<b>Devour it</b>
Marie Claire
<b>First-rate fiction . . . sharp, with great empathy</b>
San Francisco Weekly