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Glass of Time

Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780719596902
Publisert
2009
Utgiver
Vendor
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Vekt
356 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
34 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
544

Biographical note

Michael Cox was born in 1948. After graduating from Cambridge, he was a singer-songwriter before joining Oxford University Press. His first novel, The Meaning of Night, published in 2006 to wide critical acclaim, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and nominated for Waterstones Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards. Michael Cox died in March 2009.

Glass of Time

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Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk
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1876. Nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst arrives at the great country house of Evenwood to be interviewed for the position of lady's-maid.But Esperanza is no ordinary servant. She has been sent by her guardian, the mysterious Madame de lOrme, to uncover the dark and dangerous secrets that her new mistress has sought to conceal, and to set right a past injustice in which Esperanzas own closest interests are bound up.Gradually those secrets are revealed, and with them the truth of who Esperanza really is, enmeshing her in a complicated web of intrigue, deceit, and murder that culminates in betrayal by those she trusted most.A sequel to the widely praised The Meaning of Night, The Glass of Time is a page-turning period mystery and a gripping novel about identity, obsession and secrets.
Les mer
When the secrets you keep don't want to be kept . . .
A satisfyingly sinister yarn
'An extraordinary feat' - The Sydney Morning HeraldThe Glass of Time is a cracking piece of Victoriana with a compelling and convoluted plot and a vivid cast of characters. - The Age'A rich, absorbing and indulgent read' - Notebook MagazineImbued with Victoriana, Mr Cox has wrought a romance of succession, possession and obsession. - The Courier MailA page-turning mystery, full of secrets and past obsessions - Good Reading MagazineAn 'intelligent, page-turning period mystery.' - The Canberra TimesThe writing cleverly recalls various Victorian greats: it's full of melodrama and wild Dickensian coincidences, while the figure of the isolated but fearless young heroine, meekly taking a subordinate place in the households of the gentry, is the template for most of the Bronte sisters' work. - Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum A satisfyingly sinister yarn - Daily Mail
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When the secrets you keep don't want to be kept ...

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1876. Nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst arrives at the great country house of Evenwood to be interviewed for the position of lady's-maid.But Esperanza is no ordinary servant. She has been sent by her guardian, the mysterious Madame de lOrme, to uncover the dark and dangerous secrets that her new mistress has sought to conceal, and to set right a past injustice in which Esperanzas own closest interests are bound up.Gradually those secrets are revealed, and with them the truth of who Esperanza really is, enmeshing her in a complicated web of intrigue, deceit, and murder that culminates in betrayal by those she trusted most.A sequel to the widely praised The Meaning of Night, The Glass of Time is a page-turning period mystery and a gripping novel about identity, obsession and secrets.
Les mer
When the secrets you keep don't want to be kept . . .
A satisfyingly sinister yarn
'An extraordinary feat' - The Sydney Morning HeraldThe Glass of Time is a cracking piece of Victoriana with a compelling and convoluted plot and a vivid cast of characters. - The Age'A rich, absorbing and indulgent read' - Notebook MagazineImbued with Victoriana, Mr Cox has wrought a romance of succession, possession and obsession. - The Courier MailA page-turning mystery, full of secrets and past obsessions - Good Reading MagazineAn 'intelligent, page-turning period mystery.' - The Canberra TimesThe writing cleverly recalls various Victorian greats: it's full of melodrama and wild Dickensian coincidences, while the figure of the isolated but fearless young heroine, meekly taking a subordinate place in the households of the gentry, is the template for most of the Bronte sisters' work. - Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum A satisfyingly sinister yarn - Daily Mail
Les mer
When the secrets you keep don't want to be kept ...

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780719596902
Publisert
2009
Utgiver
Vendor
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Vekt
356 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
34 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
544

Biographical note

Michael Cox was born in 1948. After graduating from Cambridge, he was a singer-songwriter before joining Oxford University Press. His first novel, The Meaning of Night, published in 2006 to wide critical acclaim, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and nominated for Waterstones Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards. Michael Cox died in March 2009.

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