The Glass of Time - Couverture souple

Cox, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0719597005 ISBN 13 : 9780719597008

Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2009

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

1876.   Nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst arrives at a 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.

Revue de presse

A satisfyingly sinister yarn (Daily Mail)

'Engrossing . . . all the ingredients of a Gothic romance' (The Times)

'A Gutsy 18-year-old heroine masquerades as a lady's maid to uncover dark secrets. Sounds intriguing' (Bookseller)

'Absorbing' (Times Literary Supplement)

'This is a period mystery told with great skill, notable for its marvellous sense of the past and vividly drawn characters' (Good Book Guide)

'Cox peoples his second book with all the traditional elements of Victorian pageturners; urchins, villains and dastardly deebs abound . Michael Cox's final work ... is a worthy follow up to his bestselling novel The Meaning of Night.' (The Sunday Business Post)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: W. W. Norton & Company
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719597005
• ISBN 13: 9780719597008
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: HACHETTE LIVRE SA; https://www.hachette.fr/; ; 1 AVENUE GUTENBERG; MAUREPAS CEDEX; 78319; France