{"product_id":"pre-order-our-noble-selves-by-kate-atkinson-signed","title":"PRE-ORDER Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson (Signed)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is due to be published on the 10th September 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-ordered titles will be shipped in the week of publication. If you place a pre-order alongside a title we have in stock, they will be shipped separately and you will be charged accordingly at checkout.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s the summer of 1951 and everyone is looking to put the dark days of the war behind them. The government’s solution: The Festival of Britain, a celebration of the country’s creativity, grit and ingenuity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor foreign correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn, it might offer the chance of redemption after a bad war in the Far East and a peace that is proving no easier to negotiate. Having failed to resume his journalistic career, he reluctantly joins an oddball team of misfits, ne’er-do-wells and downright chancers helping to ready the Festival of Britain for launch. Flynn’s attempts to resume some semblance of a romantic life also founder when one of his dates goes missing and he is deemed to be the last person to have seen her alive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCould he have been in some way responsible for her disappearance? Little does he realize that the answer to some of his mounting problems may lie in the hands of a precocious, straight-talking thirteen-year-old called Veronica and a rather scruffy terrier who goes by the name of Mrs Betty…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58547888750973,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0595\/8113\/7104\/files\/9781529937824.jpg?v=1786977475","url":"https:\/\/www.city-books.co.uk\/products\/pre-order-our-noble-selves-by-kate-atkinson-signed","provider":"City Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}